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- 2004
- Unrated
- Milestone Film & Video
- 1 h 13 m
- 2004
- Unrated
- Milestone Film & Video
- 1 h 13 m
Summary A lovely, small film that exposes greed and pettiness while celebrating the most beautiful human themes: love, friendship and tolerance. (Milestone Films)
Directed By: Jerzy Stuhr
Written By: Krzysztof Kieslowski, Kazimierz Orlos
- 2004
- Unrated
- Milestone Film & Video
- 1 h 13 m
- 2004
- Unrated
- Milestone Film & Video
- 1 h 13 m
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Summary A lovely, small film that exposes greed and pettiness while celebrating the most beautiful human themes: love, friendship and tolerance. (Milestone Films)
Directed By: Jerzy Stuhr
Written By: Krzysztof Kieslowski, Kazimierz Orlos
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 14 Critic Reviews
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86% Positive
12 Reviews
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14% Mixed
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 14 Critic Reviews
73
86% Positive
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
14% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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Working from an unfinished script by the late, great Krzysztof Kieslowski, Stuhr directs in a laid-back, deadpan style that, at times, recalls Fellini.
Shooting in dreamy black and white, Stuhr finds quiet poetry in shots of his character wandering the countryside with his new friend, and deadpan comedy in scenes of the camel patiently watching his new owners eat dinner, his head filling a window frame as he waits for scraps.
Audiences for this film should have no such qualms: When the camel lolls his jaws at dinnertime, or sways his Bactrian bulk, you may decide you've never seen anything quite so hilarious -- or magnificent.
It is whimsical, bittersweet, wise in a minor key.
The drama is a gentle, witty parable of the mixed feelings some people show toward free choice when it confronts them not in theory but in everyday life.
This black-and-white movie features an enduring image: an ordinary couple at the dinner table with the giant, Dr. Seuss-like head of the camel ­filling their window ominously, ridiculously, like another dinner guest -- or like the proverbial elephant in the room that no one will address.
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Production Company
Telewizja Polska (TVP)
Release Date Feb 20, 2004
Duration 1 h 13 m
Rating Unrated
Awards
Polish Film Awards
• 9 Nominations
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
Wiesbaden goEast
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
