UID:
kobvindex_ZLB15718051
Format:
1 DVD-Video (92 Min.)
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DD/5.1
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1 Beih. (20 S.)
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16:9 anamorphic widescreen
ISBN:
9788377785188
Content:
Halina steigt zur Filialleiterin der Supermarktkette " Moty?ek" (ćSchmetterling̮) auf. Doch von flatterhafter Leichtigkeit keine Spur, denn das Leben als Chefin ist von kurzer Dauer, wenn man allzu sehr menschelt. Das gesellschaftskritische Spielfilmdebut der populären polnischen Musikerin Maria Sadowska. (Filmfestival Cottbus)
Content:
Kicking off the festival's opening night is an (eventually) uplifting drama, Women's Day (Dzien kobiet), in which the Polish "solidarity" of the 1980s gains a feminist point-of-view in the 21st century. In the same vein as American cinematic characters Norma Rae, Karen Silkwood and Erin Brockovich, Halina Radwan reaches a point in her professional career where she won't "take it anymore." What seems to be a great opportunity at first turns into a nightmare, as Halina is promoted from cashier to manager of a Butterfly grocery store, one in a nationwide chain of supermarkets in post-Communist Poland. As could be expected in any society, there is the inevitable jealousy on the part of some former colleagues, who now function as her employees. But Halina is told by her district boss that she has to be tough in dealing with them. He also makes it clear that she needs to do him favors of a sexual nature. She hasn't had a husband for four years, she hasn't dated because of long working hours and a daughter, so she eventually gives in to his demands, but without much feeling. What is harder for her to do is reprimand women who are late because of hangovers, absent with morning sickness or generally difficult. After some managerial training exercises, which involve singing, running around outside in a circle and chanting "Productivity" as loudly as "Stalin" was yelled out 60 years before, Halina begins to accept her role as boss. After all, she is able to get a new apartment, buy a computer for her teenage daughter Misia, and pay some much needed attention to her own happiness. But then disaster strikes, and Halina sees that she is nothing more than a discardable tool in a very corrupt, inhumane business. Only when she succeeds in enlisting the aid of other women is she able to confront the powerful corporation... In a recent interview with FilmNewEurope, [Maria Sadowska] referred to Women's Day as a "feminist western," and that is quite feasible, with such films as High Noon coming to my mind. A solitary man, with clear ideas about right and wrong, considers abandoning a difficult cause before deciding to confront the bad guys. In like manner, Halina almost gives up hope before finding her voice and seeing that her struggle is about much more than money. The support of other women is what gives her even greater strength and courage. (Austin Film Society)
Note:
Ländercode: 2
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Orig.: Polen, 2012
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Extras: Making of.
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Das Beiheft ist unter derselben Grundsignatur getrennt ausleihbar.
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Dt. und engl. Untertitel
Language:
Polish
