An exciting thriller/drama with the political transformation in Poland in the background

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Wojciech Asinski

Mariusz Benoit

Zygmunt Bielawski

Waldemar Krzystek

Jadwiga Kukulczanka

Set in 1989, story of a man beat up by two ex-policemen and left to die in a dump. Marek survives after the brain surgery that leaves him amnesiac. He wanders through the city, sought by his assilant, who fear he will testify agai...

Zwolnieni z zycia

I enjoyed watching &quot;Zwolnieni z zycia&quot; (Dismissed from Life) more than I expected. I watched this Polish-French production because of the participation of many famous actors and to look at the turn of the 1980s/1990s in Poland, as I was an emigrant in the US at that time. The film really drew me in and seemed to me to be a distant cousin of &quot;Witness&quot; from 1985 with Harrison Ford and Kelly McGillis, which also had a theme of hiding from persecutors in an unusual environment. The glimpse of the beginning of the political transformation in Poland was very interesting to me, with its grey streets without advertisements and improvised markets on the streets. The action kept me in suspense until the end, and I felt sympathy for the main characters played by Jan Frycz and Krystyna Janda. The acting was of a high standard, and one can understand why Jan Frycz became a star of Polish cinema. Besides, this film also showed that you don&apos;t need a lot of shootings and dead bodies to make a gripping thriller.

I enjoyed watching "Zwolnieni z zycia" (Dismissed from Life) more than I expected. I watched this Polish-French production because of the participation of many famous actors and to look at the turn of the 1980s/1990s in Poland, as I was an emigrant in the US at that time. The film really drew me in and seemed to me to be a distant cousin of "Witness" from 1985 with Harrison Ford and Kelly McGillis, which also had a theme of hiding from persecutors in an unusual environment. The glimpse of the beginning of the political transformation in Poland was very interesting to me, with its grey streets without advertisements and improvised markets on the streets. The action kept me in suspense until the end, and I felt sympathy for the main characters played by Jan Frycz and Krystyna Janda. The acting was of a high standard, and one can understand why Jan Frycz became a star of Polish cinema. Besides, this film also showed that you don't need a lot of shootings and dead bodies to make a gripping thriller.

Set in 1989, story of a man beat up by two ex-policemen and left to die in a dump. Marek survives after the brain surgery that leaves him amnesiac. He wanders through the city, sought by his assilant, who fear he will testify against them. Marek finds shelter with a girlfriend/bagwoman who supposedly was once queen of Paris boulevards. Marek regains his memory just as the villains are to get him. He eventually returns to his house only to find out that his mother died and his brother left for Australia.

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