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WAŁĘSA. MAN OF HOPE (WAŁĘSA. CZŁOWIEK Z NADZIEI)
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Completed - POLISH - Drama - 127 minutes

Log Line

1970, Gdansk. The communist authorities bloodily repress a workers’ protest. Lech Walesa, an ordinary shipyard worker who tries to deal with daily problems with his wife.Refusing the rules, he soon start leading a revolution that will end up not only toppling a dictatorship in Poland.

Year of production : 2013

Director(s) : Andrzej WAJDA
Writer(s) : Janusz GŁOWACKI
Cast : Robert WIĘCKIEWICZ, Agnieszka GROCHOWSKA, Maria Rosaria OMAGGIO, Marcin HYCNAR, Iwona BIELSKA, Michał CZERNECKI, Mirosław BAKA, Zbigniew ZAMACHOWSKI

Producer(s) : Michał KWIECIŃSKI (AKSON STUDIO), Jan KWIECIŃSKI (AKSON STUDIO, Associate Producer)

Synopsis

How was it possible for one person to change the world so dramatically? It is as much a political as a psychological question. Wajda, intruding into a private, even intimate sphere of the trade union’s leader, attempts to capture the phenomenon of this incredible metamorphosis: from a simple worker, focused on his day-to-day duties, into a charismatic leader. This controversial persona, himself not without flaws, helped millions set free their dreams of freedom they’d been hiding deep in their hearts, setting the stage for transformations beyond anyone’s imagination at the time.
And yet, Wałęsa’s story does not only have this one psychological or local dimension. It is embedded in the context of international politics. The life of a simple electrician, at first fighting for his fellow workers’ rights, only echoes some remote events, until it is Wałęsa himself and millions of his fellow countrywomen and men that become world news for several years to come.
This historical perspective, combined with a dynamic story of daily life in the Polish People’s Republic, should help comprehend the phenomenon of those transformations. The film is mainly addressed to young people, at the same time constituting a reminder of an outstanding filmmaker. Sometimes you must fight for freedom, sometimes you must defend it, there are, however, no circumstances which could excuse you from contemplating our freedom.

Production

Country(ies) : POLAND

BRAZIL ESFERA FILMES
COLOMBIA CINEPLEX
CZECH REPU ARTCAM FILMS
DENMARK Jun 12, 2014 CAMERA FILM A/S
ESTONIA ESTINFILM
FRANCE Nov 19, 2014 CONDOR DISTRIBU
GREECE FILMTRADE
HUNGARY CIRKO FILM KFT.
ITALY Jun 06, 2014 NO.MAD ENTERTAI
LEBANON MOVING TURTLE
NETHERLAND Mar 05, 2015 CONTACT FILM
NORWAY Apr 25, 2014 AS FIDALGO FILM
NORWAY BERGEN KINO
POLAND MOVIE MATES
PORTUGAL Apr 30, 2015 FILMS4YOU
ROMANIA INDEPENDENTA FI
SPAIN Jan 01, 2015 A CONTRACORRIEN
SWEDEN Oct 03, 2014 TRIART FILM
TURKEY KURMACA FILM


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