Przypadek (Blind Chance)

Witek Długosz, a medical student, experiences three different variants of his fate by chance. Witek’s fate (being a member of the party or the opposition) depends on whether he catches a train at the Łódź Fabryczna station. On the train, Witek meets an old communist who, despite his experiences of Stalinism, persuades the young man to join the Polish United Workers’ Party. In addition to that, the leaders of the party believe that Witek is a really prospective candidate. Missing the train means falling into the hands of a railroad guard. The young man is sentenced to community service. While working, he meets young oppositionists. Witek joins the “Flying University” group, prints underground press, supports the workers. He may also refuse to participate in the course of history — as a talented young doctor he enjoys the dean’s trust and has the opportunity to start an academic career. The third variant — a neutral attitude towards the course of events in Poland at the beginning of the 1980s, turns out to be impossible.

"However transitory the realities in Blind Chance are, they are vividly rendered. The film is more aesthetically rich than Kieślowski’s previous features — virtuoso tracking shots, striking images of violence, careful compositions and camera movements which blur the line between subjective and objective points of view, and an emphasis on private moments of observation." (Doug Cummings, Senses of Cinema)

PRODUCTION:
Wytwórnia Filmów Dokumentalnych i Fabularnych (WFDiF)
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00-724, Warszawa, Poland
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PRODUCTION AT THE TIME OF FILMING:
Zespół Filmowy TOR

LAB WHEN THE FILM WAS PRODUCED:
Wytwórnia Filmów Fabularnych Łódź

RIGHTS OWNER:
Wytwórnia Filmów Dokumentalnych i Fabularnych (WFDiF)

WORLD SALES:
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