A factory worker purchases a camera to fil the birth of his child. The factory he works at has other plans for him and his camera.
A factory worker buys a camera to film his newborn child, only to be asked by authorities to make documentaries celebrating the factory’s success. But as his eye sharpens, so does his need to tell the truth. CAMERA BUFF, Krzysztof Kieślowski’s incisive drama, follows an ordinary man whose filmmaking becomes an act of conscience in a world shaped by censorship.
Rialto Recommends CAMERA BUFF is Kieślowski at his most quietly powerful: a film about looking closely, telling the truth and discovering the cost of both. What begins as a modest story of an ordinary man with a camera becomes a sharp moral drama about censorship, responsibility and the uneasy line between art and conscience. A fascinating early work from one of cinema’s great human observers.
Cast
Jerzy Stuhr (Filip Mosz), Malgorzata Zabkowska (Irka Mosz), Ewa Pokas (Anna Wlodarczyk), Stefan Czyzewski (Director)
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Language
Polish
Subtitles
Polski
Country
Poland
Studio
Mk2