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Provincial Actors

1979, Movie, NR, 108 mins

Provincial Actors: Review

PROVINCIAL ACTORS, Agnieszka Holland's first directorial effort, is an outstanding example of Polish cinema's often highly subtle intermingling of the personal and the political. Made in 1979 and released to US home video in 1995, the film uses sharp humor for covert political critique. Ironically, while Poland's recent liberalization may have engendered artistic freedom, subtle films like this one have lost their raison d'etre. In a provincial town near Lodz, a group of p... read more leave a comment