The Calm
– A young man in his twenties leaves prison after a three-year sentence. He wants to start a new life ..
A young man in his twenties leaves prison after a three-year sentence. He wants to start a new life in a place where he is not known and dreams only of a job, a wife and a family. He succeeds partially in fulfilling these dreams, but then runs into a conflict on a construction job between the corrupt boss and fellow workers secretly planning a strike. He becomes a pawn in one camp while remaining true to his ideals in the other. Filmed in 1976 and shelved for five years.
19 Sep 1980
Polish
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Lech Borski (story), Krzysztof Kieslowski (story), Jerzy Stuhr (dialogue), Krzysztof Kieslowski (dialogue)
Jerzy Stuhr, Izabella Olszewska, Jerzy Trela, Michal Sulkiewicz
Filmed in 1976 and shelved for five years. A young man in his twenties leaves prison after a three-year sentence. He wants to start a new life in a place where he is not known and dreams only of a job, a wife and a family. He succeeds partially in fulfilling these dreams, but then runs into a conflict on a construction job between the corrupt boss and fellow workers secretly planning a strike. He becomes a pawn in one camp while remaining true to his ideals in the other. The unavoidable conflict destroys him.
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