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| | Kinoeye | Polish film: Krzysztof Zanussi's Opowiesci weekendowe |
 | | As early as Zanussi's first films, Struktura kryształu (The Structure of Crystals, 1969), Życie rodzinne (Family Life, 1971) and Iluminacja (Illumination, 1973), Zanussi examined the predicaments of the Polish intelligentsia, the compromises required to get by, the deterioration of ethical and personal values pervasive in Communist Poland. |
 | | Zanussi (like Kieślowski) situates these moral dilemmas in the domain of ordinary life: all of us, he implies, face similar quandaries. |
 | | For a couple of Zanussi's protagonists, such as the heroine of "Damski interes," virtue is its own reward: they simply feel good when they opt for the moral rather than the selfish choice. |
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