Film
What's on at the cinema plus reviews of the latest movie and DVD releases
Bookmark this pageWe're All Christs (2006)
Director: Marek Koterski
Movie review
From Time Out London
Where would Polish cinema be without booze? Last month’s Polish Connection release (‘Testosterone’), typically, involved a crucial, funny scene with a group of men gabbing, philosophising, fighting and crying in ‘vino veritas’. Writer-director Marek Koterski’s cautionary tale puts that tradition in the witness box. His heavily symbolic, often crudely stylised portrait of 55-year-old alcoholic Adam’s ‘self-crucifixion’ is an ugly catalogue of personal and familiar abuse, as the detoxed art lecturer sits with his traumatised 22-year-old remembering their conflicting versions of the father’s violent, guilt-ridden, self-deluding and suicidal drinking history, and the life-destroying collateral damage sustained by the son and their family. Koterski’s employment, and melding, of different actors to play the principals at various ages and his dependence on Polish Catholic religious iconography can be confusing, his use of talking Christmas tree fairies, guardian angels and the like can be a little heavy-handed. But his sincerity and evangelical tenacity is as clear as an empty glass.Author: Wally Hammond
Time Out London Issue 1930: August 15-21 2007
Cast & crew
Director: Marek Koterski
Producer: Wlodzimierz Otulak
Cast: Marek Kondrat, Andrzej Chyra, Michal Koterski, Janina Traczykówna full cast
Genre(s): Drama
Duration: 107 mins
UK Release: Aug 17 2007
Top Stories
Ridley Scott interview
Director Ridley Scott tells Cath Clarke why he's making a science fiction comeback
Cannes Film Festival 2012: half-time report
Dave Calhoun reports on the hits, misses and a shocking new masterpiece from Michael Haneke
What do you think?
Post your review now