Our own courtyard: Post-traumatic Polish cinema

Misiak, Anna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7153-944X (2009) Our own courtyard: Post-traumatic Polish cinema. New Cinemas: Journal of Contemporary Film, 7 (3). pp. 237-256. ISSN 1474-2756

Preview

Text RR_Our own courtyard_130813_nid59.pdf Download (119kB) | Preview

Abstract / Summary

This article probes contemporary Polish cinema, examining it through the sociological theory of cultural trauma. The majority of post-1989 Polish films correlate with national ‘tragic narratives’ that emphasize the negative social effects of the fairly recent systemic transformation. The author chooses to analyse two films (The Wedding (2004) and The Debt (1999)) as her case studies. Both productions received many awards in the home country. To Polish critics, the two films demonstrated a significant achievement of the country’s film industry that should be capable of exporting and promoting Polish culture in the international arena. Yet, the worldwide success proved to be beyond the reach of the directors and with only a few honourable mentions and special jury awards, they won no major trophies outside Poland. Going straight to DVD, The Debt has never been widely released in the cinemas either in the United Kingdom or in the United States, while The Wedding opened with a three-year delay in the United Kingdom in a few cinemas only, but there has not been an international DVD release as yet.

Item Type:	Article
Identification Number:	10.1386/ncin.7.3.237/1
ISSN:	1474-2756
Depositing User:	Anna Misiak
Date Deposited:	06 Dec 2013 14:19
Last Modified:	23 Nov 2023 13:11
URI:	https://repository.falmouth.ac.uk/id/eprint/78

View Record (staff only)