The Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Tunis is organizing in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture and Safeguarding the Tunisian Heritage The Days of Polish cinema from June 2 to 7 at the Maison de Culture Ibn Rachik.
Five films are scheduled during these days, namely:
Tuesday June 2 (6.30 pm): “Ida” directed by Pawel Pawlikowski (1h22min)
(quote_box_center) Synopsis: in Poland in the 1960s, before pronouncing her wishes, Anna, a young orphan raised to the convent, goes to meet her aunt, the only member of her family still alive. She then discovers a dark family secret dating from the Nazi occupation. (/Quote_box_center)
Wednesday June 3 (6:30 pm): “Les Dieux” directed by Lukasz Palkowski (1h55min)
(quote_box_center) Synopsis: Zbigniew Religa, the Polish heart surgeon is at the start of his career. Despite the harsh reality of the 80s, the doctor succeeds in the first cardiac transplantation in Poland. (/Quote_box_center)
Thursday June 4 (6.30 pm): “Our curse” directed by Tomasz śliwiński (27min)
(quote_box_center) Synopsis: the story of the director śliwiński who, with his wife, must face their son’s illness. Leo has Ondine syndrome, a rare disease without remedy. Around the world suffer from it about 300 people and in Poland 17. The film shows the process of taming anxiety linked to the disease. (/Quote_box_center)
Thursday June 4 (7:00 pm): “Joanna” directed by Aneta Kopacz (45min)
(quote_box_center) Synopsis: Joanna discovers that she will die within three months. Although she is condemned, she knows how to appreciate life. She promises her young son Jas to do her best to survive. By thinking of him, she begins to write a blog which very quickly experienced great popularity in Poland. (/Quote_box_center)
Friday June 5 (6.30 pm): “August Sky: 63 Days of Glory” directed by Ireneusz Dobrowolski (1h15min)
(quote_box_center) Synopsis: In the ruins of an pre-war building, construction workers found a newspaper from the Warsaw Insurrection in which a teacher described the first days of the dramatic battle for Warsaw. (/quote_box_center)
The day of June 7 will be reserved for “Polish fables and tales” with the projection of 5 episodes of a Polish animated series produced in the years 2002-2005:
“The mountain of ice”
“The princess transformed into a frog”
“Winter fairies”
“The apple apple”
“The liar goat”
