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The Tribulations of Balthazar Kober(Niezwykła podróż Balthazara Kobera)

  • Dir: Wojciech Jerzy Has

  • Poland, 1988, Polish, 115mins, DCP

  • Cast: Rafal Wieczynski, Michael Lonsdale, Adrianna Biedrzynska

Dazzlingly fantastical and stylistically extravagant, this spiritual and psychological journey of a budding theologian closes Has’ extraordinary oeuvre with a final confirmation of his remarkable talents for oneiric narrative and surreal imagery. Unfolding against the backdrop of Inquisition, plague, and glimmers of freedom sparked by the invention of the printing press in 16th-century Germany, the stammering teenage alchemist’s voyage is one of initiation in thought and faith, as he drifts between the real and the underworld. Resonating with Saragossa and Hourglass for its poetic imagination, Has' swan song embraces a transcendent life force that will stay in love and hope.

Venice Film Festival: In Competition

 

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The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region provides funding support to the project through the Film Development Fund.
The funding support bears no relationship whatsoever to the content of, or views expressed in this project.

The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region provides funding support to the project through the Film Development Fund.
The funding support bears no relationship whatsoever to the content of, or views expressed in this project.