Afterimage (film)

Afterimage (Polish: Powidoki) is a 2016 Polish drama film directed by Andrzej Wajda.[2] It was screened in the Masters section at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival.[3] It was selected as the Polish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards but it was not nominated.[4][5] It was the Opening film at Indian Film Festival.[6] It is the final film by Wajda who died in October 2016.[7][8][9]

Afterimage
Film poster
Directed byAndrzej Wajda
Written byAndrzej Mularczyk
Produced byMichał Kwieciński
StarringBogusław Linda
CinematographyPaweł Edelman
Edited byGrażyna Gradoń
Music byAndrzej Panufnik
Production
company
Akson Studio
Distributed byAkson Studio
Release dates
  • 10 September 2016 (2016-09-10) (TIFF)
  • 3 March 2017 (2017-03-03) (Poland)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryPoland
LanguagePolish
Box office$1 032 768[1]

Cast
  • Bogusław Linda – Władysław Strzemiński
  • Bronislawa Zamachowska – Nika Strzemińska
  • Zofia Wichłacz – Hania
  • Andrzej Konopka – personalny
  • Krzysztof Pieczyński – Julian Przyboś
  • Szymon Bobrowski – Włodzimierz Sokorski
  • Mariusz Bonaszewski – Madejski
  • Anna Majcher – Strzemiński's neighbor
  • Paulina Gałązka as Wasińska
  • Aleksander Fabisiak – Rajner
  • Magdalena Warzecha – museum worker
  • Irena Melcer – Jadzia
  • Tomasz Chodorowski – Tomek
  • Filip Gurłacz – Konrad
  • Mateusz Rusin – Stefan
  • Mateusz Rzeźniczak – Mateusz
  • Adrian Zaremba – Wojtek
  • Tomasz Włosok – Roman

Plot

The start of the film begins in 1948 with Strzemiński as an influential lecturer at the School of Visual Arts, Lodz. However he refuses to renounce abstract art despite the new Stalinist regime demanding only Socialist Realist art be taught. This results in him being stripped of his position at the school, and his works (including his famous, “Neo-Plastic Room” at the Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź) were either withdrawn from public view or simply destroyed. Then the bureaucracy denied him his ability to make a living as a sign-painter, prevented him buying art supplies, and collecting food stamps.[10]

Reception

Тhe film has an approval rating of 86% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 42 reviews, and an average rating of 6.80/10. The website's critical consensus states,"Afterimage's punishing narrative pays dividends through Andrzej Wajda's still-formidable control and a message that, while certainly grim, is undeniably worthy".[11] On Metacritic the film has a score of 75 of 100 based on 14 reviews, indicating "Generally favorable reviews".[12]

See also

References
  1. "Afterimage (2016)". Box Office Mojo.
  2. "Major Polish Films Premiering at Toronto Film Festival". Cultural. 2 September 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  3. "Afterimage". TIFF. 2 September 2016. Archived from the original on 6 September 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  4. Mitchell, Robert (28 September 2016). "Poland Enters Andrzej Wajda's 'Afterimage' into Oscar Contention". Variety. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  5. Holdsworth, Nick (28 September 2016). "Oscars: Poland Selects 'Afterimage' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  6. Service, Indo-Asian News (2 November 2016). "IFFI 2016: Andrzej Wajda's film Afterimage to open 47th International Film Festival of India". India.com. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  7. Lincoln, Ross A. (10 October 2016). "Andrzej Wajda Dies: Oscar & Palme d'Or-Winning Director Was 90". deadline.com. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  8. "Legendary Polish director Andrzej Wajda dies". buenosairesherald.com. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  9. "Andrzej Wajda nie żyje. Wybitny reżyser miał 90 lat". gazeta.pl. 9 October 2016. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  10. Harvey, Dennis (21 September 2016). "Film Review: 'Afterimage'". Variety. Variety Media, LLC. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  11. "Afterimage (2017)".
  12. "Afterimage Reviews". Metacritic.
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