Tom, a lonely young man who lives in a cramped apartment with his mother, spies on the beautiful Magda - an older woman who lives in a high-rise apartment in the next block. Tom’s fascination with Magda turns into a loving obsession and he is determined to meet and be consumed by the object of his obsession. Based on an episode of his acclaimed television series, “Decalogue”, Kieslowski has crafted a beautifully melancholy movie about the fragility and pathos of love: though of different ages, classes and circumstances, both Tom and Magda share the desire to escape the banality of their lives through the transcendence of human communion.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
304417
Language
Polish
Audience classification
MA
Subject categories
Feature films
Feature films → Feature films - Poland
Foreign language films
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)