Soon to have its international premiere at the San Sebastian film festival, Marcin Wrona's The Christening (Chrzest) looks to be the sort of artful, relationship based spin on a crime thriller that drive voters wild come award time. In fact, the film already has been awarded, picking up multiple nods at Poland's Gdynia Film Festival. The first person I showed this to described it as equal parts Brothers and A History of Violence, which seems fair enough, but for those who want something more specific, here's how San Sebastian described it when announcing its selection:
The script is loosely based on the real story of a man from the Polish provinces who, after operating as a criminal in his home town, finds himself in Warsaw. He hopes to change his luck and to escape from the criminal past he left behind. Unfortunately, there is a mafia sentence against him.
The script is loosely based on the real story of a man from the Polish provinces who, after operating as a criminal in his home town, finds himself in Warsaw. He hopes to change his luck and to escape from the criminal past he left behind. Unfortunately, there is a mafia sentence against him.
- 8/20/2010
- Screen Anarchy
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