The Small Cinema *
Wednesday (August 5, 2009) * 8:00 p.m.
The Last Day of Summer, Poland (PL) 1958, b-w, 66 min.
dir Tadeusz Konwicki, Jan Laskowski pro Jerzy Laskowski, Studio Filmowe Kadr sc Tadeusz Konwicki ph Jan Laskowski snd Józef Bartczak ed Wiesława Otocka cast Irena Laskowska, Jan Machulski dis Studio Filmowe KADR
A young woman spends the last day of her summer vacation strolling along the now deserted Baltic beach. A young man appears and courts her, she's reluctant but their love is eventually fulfilled - and the man vanishes. This simple plot focuses on the woman who is the strong character, while the man almost gives an impression of an airy faun. The sparse dialog seldom interrupts the choreographic action, the camera swiftly following the two characters across the sand dunes.
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