Camouflage

Another Zanussi journey into the depths of the soul of a Polish university student. In The Structure of Crystal, I found it almost charming, in The Illumination somewhat destructive and audience-unfriendly to the point of being unacceptable. And here? The protective coloring may have a noble tendency, but if one is engaged in studying oneself, one could take a very, very negative attitude toward academia. Indeed, it could cause one moral unease. (23/06/2017)

Je découvre l’œuvre de Krzysztof Zanussi sur la deuxième chaîne de la Télévision tchèque et j’en suis ravi ! C’est que, pour moi, le thème central de la discorde entre l’idéaliste naïf et le caméléon expérimenté fait mouche. Je tiens à faire remarquer la qualité du jeu à la fois des acteurs principaux et secondaires. Certes, on bascule un peu dans le grotesque et l’absurde à la fin, mais c’était en tout cas extrêmement divertissant ! (01/10/2012)

An excellent film that once again shows the power of older Polish cinema - I should probably check out some new ones. Besides having had the "fortune" to spend some time at a Czech university as an academic staff member and knowing that it still operates very similarly, I must appreciate the excellently developed characters. (25/06/2016)