Screening
Walkover

Part of The Cinema of Jerzy Skolimowski
Saturday, June 25, 2011, 4:00 p.m.

Dir. Jerzy Skolimowski. 1965, 77 mins.

35mm print courtesy of the Polish Cultural Institute. With Jerzy Skolimowski, Aleksandra Zawieruszanka, Krzysztof Chamiec, Andrzej Herder. The second in a trilogy starring Skolimowski as engineering student Andrzej Leszczyc, Walkover begins six years after Rysopis. Andrzej wanders the country as an amateur boxer before he falls in love with a young woman. This highly personal film features Skolimowski’s own poetry, and is the work of a confident young director eager to challenge the traditions of narrative cinema.

Free with Museum admission.

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