PLN 2102 Study Guide - Big Hopes, Coat Of Arms Of Poland, Cinema Of Poland
13 Feb 2014
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Robert glinski is the filmmaker behind the disturbing and deeply moving film hi. This film tells the story of a generation who grew up in the gray soulless block of flats that mushroomed throughout the eastern bloc of poland during the 1970"s. This film is a tragic coming of age story. Though she has fond memories of her childhood, Tereska"s currently lives like most polish families in a big residential neighborhood with characteristically high buildings thus making her living condition less than ideal. Her father is an unemployed alcoholic and he eventually loses his job where as her religiously fanatical mother is factory worker that is constantly tired and watches tv most of the time. The director shows us a hint of tereska"s active and creative mind by the scribbling"s she makes in her notebook. Having dreams of becoming a fashion designer the shy and introverted tereska enrolls in a trade school dedicated to tailoring.
