Camera Buff

Camera Buff

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Release Date

11/16/1979

Runtime

112 mins

Genres

Overview

Filip buys an 8mm movie camera when his first child is born. Because it's the first camera in town, he's named official photographer by the local Party boss. His horizons widen when he is sent to regional film festivals with his first works but his focus on movie making also leads to domestic strife and philosophical dilemmas.

Status

Released

Original Language

Polish

Budget

-

Revenue

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Homepage

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A Polish factory worker's discovery of filmmaking becomes both an awakening and a quiet tragedy, as his passion for art pulls him away from the people he loves and into the compromises demanded by his communist state. It's a tender, thoughtful film about the cost of creative ambition.

Mood

WistfulContemplativeMelancholicBittersweet

Themes

Art and creationAmbitionFamilyIdentityCorruption

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

NaturalisticDocumentary-like

Structure

Linear

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