Krótki film o zabijaniu (1988)

Calificación de los usuarios:

8.2/10   

Director:

Krzysztof Kieslowski

Escritores:

Krzysztof Kieslowski (writer)
Krzysztof Piesiewicz (writer)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

26 octubre 1988 (France)

Género:

Crimen | Drama

Plot:

The plot couldn't be simpler or its attack on capital punishment (and the act of killing in general) more direct - a senseless...

Plot Keywords:

Murder | Capital Punishment | Violence | Hanged Cat | Realism

Premios:

7 wins & 1 nomination

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Simple, yet thought provoking film about capital punishment

Reparto

Miroslaw Baka	...	Jacek Lazar
Krzysztof Globisz	...	Piotr Balicki (Advocate)
Jan Tesarz	...	Waldemar Rekowski (Taxi driver)
Zbigniew Zapasiewicz	...	Przewodniczacy Komisji
Barbara Dziekan	...	Bileterka
Aleksander Bednarz	...	Kat
Jerzy Zass	...	Naczelnik
Zdzislaw Tobiasz	...	Judge
Artur Barcis	...	Young Man
Krystyna Janda	...	Dorota
Olgierd Lukaszewicz	...	Andrzej
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Leonard Andrzejewski
Wieslaw Bednarz
Zbigniew Borek
Ryszard W. Borsucki
Wladyslaw Byrdy
Andrzej Gawronski
Iwona Glebicka
Henryk Guzek
Elzbieta Helman	...	Beatka
Boguslaw Hubicki
N. Kowalczykowa
Henryk Lapinski
Krzysztof Luft
Maciej Maciejewski	...	Prosecutor
Marzena Manteska
Borys Marynowski
Andrzej Mastalerz
Marlena Miarczynska
Jolanta Mielech
Bogdan Niewinowski
Malgorzata Pieczynska
Lech Pietrasz
Zbigniew Plato
Zdzislaw Rychter
Krzysztof Stelmaszyk
Cezary Switkowski
Maciej Szary
Alicja Wolska

También conocida como:

A Short Film About Killing (International: English title)
No matarás (Argentina) (Mexico) [es]

Duración:

84 min

País:

Poland

Idioma:

Polaco

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.66 : 1

Sonido:

Mono

Clasificación:

Iceland:16 | Sweden:15 | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA (original rating) | Australia:M (DVD rating) | Chile:18 | Finland:K-16 | France:-12 | Singapore:M18 | South Korea:18 | UK:18

Locaciones de Filmación:

Krakowskie Przedmiescie, Warsaw, Poland

Compañía:

Zespol Filmowy "Tor"

Trivialidades:

Kieslowski's graphic depiction of the effects of violence so shook up the Polish authorities that they declared a five year moratorium on capital punishment.

Conexiones de Película:

Apareció en Man yan (2004)

Simple, yet thought provoking film about capital punishment

A very simple film that should make even the extreme right wing supporters of the death penalty at least question their beliefs.

Personally, I am a supporter of capital punishment, and until the final 15 minutes I was still unfazed by the film and clear in my mind that if used correctly it should be implemented. I know all the arguments about capital punishment not affecting crime rates but to be honest I don't really care about that. It's all about an eye for an eye and allowing relatives a degree of closure knowing that the perpetrator who killed their love one had suffered a similar fate.

However, and this is where this film is clever, the film doesn't allow you to see any real background to the character before committing his crime. It allows you to see only the act and judge the character on the act alone. If the film ended at the murder you would also believe capital punishment is not such a bad idea after all. Once we go past the very short trial (A long drawn out trial was rightly skipped as we already know the fate of our young man), and we get the one on one interview with the aspiring anti death penalty barrister we start to see just how screwed up this kid is, and how the rage in him is not entirely of his own making. Just as you start to question if you knew your mind doubts start to creep in and, just as quickly, before you can really gather any coherent thoughts he is whisked away to his death, and the act is entirely as abhorrent as you imagine it would be.

The nasty high risers and grainy colourless backgrounds set the scene well, and the shaded lenses, focusing on the main character highlighting his loneliness and possibly his narrow mindedness made it a rather sad film to watch, but it certainly is worth sticking with.

An 9/10 is definitely warranted