A grimly confrontational study of the protracted process of ending someone’s life, whether through casual murder or meticulously calibrated execution. Kieślowski’s masterpiece contributed to a national debate that ultimately ended capital punishment in Poland – for who could still justify it after seeing it? Cinematographer Sławomir Idziak’s inspired use of bilious coloured filters turns 1980s Warsaw into a living hell.
Short Film About Killing
Directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski