photograph of TVP press material Winter under the sign of Crows It's a surprise! A description of the game that informs us about settling past in the state of war is hard not to treat with indifference. After all, the PRL was rolled in all way and 1 would think that we had seen everything. Not at all! The key here is the distance that affects the freshness of the film. Thanks to the fact that the main character is simply a prof. from Britain, left to our destiny on the day of the outbreak of martial law, we observe all events from a completely different perspective. Therefore, they operate differently on the screen. Winter under the sign of Crows rapidly becomes a fascinating experience.
This heroine is completely lost: 1 morning she looks out the window and sees a tank between the blocks. It is located in a place where everything can happen, and through the language barrier – in the 1980s English was not so common – faces a hard challenge. That's what makes Winter under the sign of crow He's so involved. We enter the planet of heroes from outside the Polish reality, whose peripeties are full of tension and emotion. The communicative holds the viewer's attention like a race thriller. Everything that seemed apparent in specified plots, here, takes on a deeper meaning.
In all of this, I feel a post-apocalyptic climate I didn't expect. The martial law is well presented – empty streets and flying crows, which act as if they were looking for a carcass. The greyness of Polish blocks and chaos among people build a mood. It is stylish, distinctive and highly interesting. Good pictures depict Polish reality, which does not seem like a repeat of entertainment. Post-apocalypticity begins later when, after the martial law has been declared, 1 must find himself and survive. The manager tells it in an engaging and alert way.
It most likely wouldn't have worked if it hadn't. Lesley Manville as a British professor. Her confusion seems so natural, as if an actor – entering Polish production – felt it on her own. It's a function that steals the viewer's attention at any time. We are observing the actions of individual who is struggling with an impossible situation. It shows with a sense what a totalitarian oppression strategy is. possibly imagination is incapable to grasp the reality in which human rights are abruptly lost. Manville on the screen gives it meaning, deeper dimension and above all emotion. Her screen magnetism drives the game and won't let it stop. Polish actors – Andrzej Konopka and Zofia Wichłacz – support the main character well.
photo of TVP press materialAt a key minute Winter under the sign of Crows It's amazing due to the fact that the finale is going in a different direction than expected. An crucial point arises as to whether cruel martial law events will decision to the West. It seems a dot over and due to the fact that it shows that the endurance of the main character is not the only crucial element. Something that may have more meaning than an individual, slips in this game and gives it more meaning, but does not overwhelm individual history.
Winter under the sign of Crows It's a thriller that's getting fast. It has an interesting climate and a sense of tension until the end. A good movie that showed that the martial law apocalypse could electrify the viewer. I didn't believe that after so many more or little successful works it was possible.