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POLAND · 1989
Dekalog
Synopsis
It’s Christmas Eve, and Ewa has plotted to pass the hours until morning with her former lover Janusz, a family man, by making him believe her husband has gone missing. During this night of recklessness and lies, the pair grapple with choices made when their affair was discovered three years ago, and with the value of their present lives.
Cinematic DNA
I watched Dekalog for the first time in 2005, and it really struck me. I’m interested in similar themes, though not from a religious standpoint. I’m fascinated by what people believe, how they create their own rules and codes of behaviour to live by. I relate to Dekalog because I have my own rules and codes for life and filmmaking. My films often feature characters whose actions don’t quite conform to their society’s moral code, just like the people in Dekalog.
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Films with Similar Themes
infidelity · deception · redemption · regret · moral consequences
