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Camera Buff (1979)

Camera Buff (1979)

Drama
Release Date: 1979, November 16
Directors: Krzysztof Kieślowski
Countries: Poland
Production: Studio Filmowe Tor, Studio Filmowe Tor
Cast: Jerzy Nowak, Tadeusz Bradecki, Tadeusz Huk, Jerzy Stuhr, Feliks Szajnert, Teresa Szmigielówna, Alicja Bienicewicz, Małgorzata Ząbkowska, Marek Litewka, Marian Osuch, Włodzimierz Maciudziński, Aleksandra Kisielewska

Overview:

Filip buys an 8mm movie camera when his first child is born. Because it's the first camera in town, he's named official photographer by the local Party boss. His horizons widen when he is sent to regional film festivals with his first works but his focus on movie making also leads to domestic strife and philosophical dilemmas.

Keywords:

camera factory poland filmmaking factory worker marital problem super 8mm footage documentary filmmaking communist party student film film festival post-war poland thuggish boss party politics new father someone with a camera