Without Anesthesia (Bez znieczulenia)

Helena Ylänen: 100 Best Films (and 10 bad ones) (110 items)
list by bob loblaw

Movies I've watched in 2016 (110 items)
list by creature of the wind

(OK) One of the best Wajdas. A big man coming apart in a systme in the edge. He is a star thanks to it, so he succumbs thanks to it and to his wife's lib. Interesing character the silent girl she embraces after his wife separation...

Description: A famous Polish journalist presents a problem for the powers-that-be when he displays his full political skill and knowledge on a television show featuring questions and answers on a world conference by a panel of journalists. His enemies take away his privileges when he is away. The shock of being "unwanted" parallels a deeper disappointment in his private life: his wife has an affair with a jealous young rival, and after 15 years of marriage and two daughters wants a divorce. She offers no explanations as he tries to untie these problems himself. All the moves he makes are the wrong ones. He takes on drinking heavily A famous Polish journalist presents a problem for the powers-that-be when he displays his full political skill and knowledge on a television show featuring questions and answers on a world conference by a panel of journalists. His enemies take away his privileges when he is away. The shock of being "unwanted" parallels a deeper disappointment in his private life: his wife has an affair with a jealous young rival, and after 15 years of marriage and two daughters wants a divorce. She offers no explanations as he tries to untie these problems himself. All the moves he makes are the wrong ones. He takes on drinking heavily with students eager to attend his seminar after discovering the class has been canceled. The journalist, once suave and commanding is reduced to silence. ... (more) (less)