Afterimage is a biographic film about the most significant Polish plastic artist of the 20th Century, Władysław Strzemiński. Wajda recreates the troubled, full of hurdles' world of an avant-garde artist suffocated by the Stalinist socialism-realism, during the era of the Soviet leader' full swing. The film has many echoes and references to the contemporary
spirit of the Polish society and to the post-communist world in general.
La drum cu tata / That Trip I Took With Dad, the feature length debut by director
Anca Miruna Lăzărescu , completes Cinepolitica programme. A
road movie whose action is taking place on the backdrop of the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, when two brothers of Romanian and German origin must transport their sick father from Arad to Dresden, the nearest place where he can get life-saving surgery.
Also from Eastern Europe comes the documentary
Trump vs. Clinton, a Romanian production directed by Trevor Poots, present in Cinepolitica with
a second documentary about King Michael I of Romania,
The King's War.
Trump vs. Clinton focuses on essential issues for the USA, with a major impact on Central and Eastern-Europe. Among these are Putin and defence security, NATO, refugees, post-Brexit context and EU survival or a cybernetic war between EU and Russia.
Cinepolitica International Film Festival will unfold between 20 – 23 April, at Cinema Elvire Popesco, and at Balassi Institute of Bucharest.
Details at:
www.cinepolitica.ro
