Krzysztof Kieślowski directs Jerzy Stuhr, Malgorzata Zabkowska and Stefan Czyzewski in this kitchen sink satire on a new father who becomes obsessed with making amateur workplace documentaries after buying a Super8 to film his daughter’s childhood. 

A really neat little comedy. Matter of factly lampooning the artist’s struggle against the controlling influences of funding board, distributors, film festivals and award ceremonies at a sweetly micro level. As the initially supportive factory owners give notes and demand final cut and a poker faced Jerzy Stuhr destroys his marriage with his new creative obsession, it is delightful how much humour and truth is retained in Kieślowski’s wry human study.

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