directed by: Paolo Sorrentino
cast: Michael Caine, Harvey Keitel, Rachel Weisz, Paul Dano
drama / Italy, France, Switzerland, Great Britain / 2015
running time: 118 min
Hosted by: Monika Kopiec

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Series: Master and apprentice
What would cinema be without the master-appretice relationship? Adonis Creed would not have reached the championship title if it wasn’t for the help of his father’s old friend, Rocky Balboa, and he would not have gone down a similar path if it had not been for his coach Paulie Pennino. A certain Obi Wan Kenobi was Qui Gon Jin’s student himself for a while, and later took care of two generations of Skywalkers, with varying results as we know perfectly well from films. A class of the elite school of “Dead Poets Society” wouldn’t enter the deep waters of poetry if it wasn’t for the guidance by Captain John Keating. In the April series, we focus on such relationships, although sometimes taking on a slightly different perspsctive. In “Jojo Rabbit”, the boy is fascinated by his imaginary friend Adolf Hitler, not realizing the dangers behind his ideas. In “May December”, actress Elizabeth Berry carefully examines the woman she is to play in her next film. In “Club Zero” authority of a dietitian influences her students, and their eating disorders. In Sorentino’s “Youth”, many masters would like to become disciples again. All the screening of the “Master and apprentice” series will be followed by discussions which, rest assusred, will take place on equal terms.

The project is co-financed by the Polish Film Institute

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