Success Is The Best Revenge

Polish-born director Jerzy Skolimowski approaches one of his most common themes, the plight of the exiled Pole, in an intensely complex barrage of spectacular images. Alex Rodak (Michael York) is an exiled playwright, living with his wife and two sons in London, where he is producing an abstract political play concerning Poland and its exiles. Though struggling to pay rent on his fashionable apartment, Alex finagles his way through some touchy situations, taking advantage of people without the least bit of remorse. The play is also financially threatened. As a last resort, Alex appeals to sleazy businessman Dino Montecurva (John Hurt) for the necessary funding. In ...