Decalogue 9: Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Neighbor's Wife

1988, Movie, NR, 58 mins

Decalogue 9: Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Neighbor's... : Review

This ninth entry in DECALOGUE, director Krzysztof Kieslowski's series of ten short films for Polish television, corresponds to the Commandment, "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife." Roman Nycz (Piotr Machalica), a surgeon, is diagnosed as chronically impotent and unable to have children. He gives the news to his wife Hanka (Ewa Blaszczyk), and, withholding his own emotions, advises her to look for someone else. She tells him that sex isn't the most important part of th... read more leave a comment