Saga listmálarans Wladyslaw Strzeminski, sem var á móti félagslegri raunsæishyggju og hélt fast í algjört frelsi með listsköpun sinni þrátt fyrir pólitískar hindranir.

Árið 1945 var Stalín með pólitísk yfirráð yfir Póllandi en Wladyslaw er um sömu mundir rekin úr stöðu sinni sem háskólakennari og verk hans fjarlægð úr sölum listasafnsins. Nemendur hans rísa upp honum til varnar í listrænni andstöðu gegn vitsmunalegri harðstjórn.

Myndin vann sérstök dómnefndarverðlaun á Pólsku kvikmyndahátíðinni 2016 og er opnunarmynd Pólskra kvikmyndadaga 2017. Myndin fer í almennar sýningar að pólskum dögum loknum – með íslenskum texta. 

English

The story of charismatic painter Wladyslaw Strzeminski, who opposed social realism and maintained his own artistic freedom in spite of political obstacles.

In 1945, as Stalin sets his hands over Poland, famous painter Wladislaw Strzeminski refuses to compromise on his art with the doctrines of social realism. Persecuted, expelled from his chair at the University, he’s eventually erased from the museums’ walls. With the help of some of his students, he starts fighting against the Party and becomes the symbol of an artistic resistance against intellectual tyranny.

Won Special Jury Prize on Polish Film Festival 2016 and is the opening film on our Polish Film Days 2017 with English subtitles. 

(The film premiere theatrically after the Polish Film Days with Icelandic subtitles.)