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Director
Agnieszka Holland
Category
FeatureF-Rated
A self-professed admirer of the Czech writer since her early years, Agnieszka Holland’s ambitious biopic manages to combine a straightforward account of Kafka’s life with a number of stylistic flourishes that paint him on a much larger canvas, separating the man from the industry that now exists around his name. As portrayed by Idan Weiss (and the likeness is at times uncanny), Kafka is a sensitive young man, introverted and though out of step with the world around him, not above its temptations; as portrayed by Holland, he is a colossus, unique in the canon and a writer whose work deserves better than to be fodder for pop culture references and memes. Notes by Kevin Coyne. Screening as part of IFI Kinopolis Polish Film Festival 2025.
ARCHIVE AT LUNCHTIME: MISSPENT YOUTHS? (PROGRAMME 2) 12.30
IF I HAD LEGS I’D KICK YOU 13.20, 18.30 (OC)
IFI & DIFF: ANOTHER MAN 18.00
IFI & DIFF: EVERY MOON IS ATROCIOUS 18.05
IFI & DIFF: THE PARADE: OUR HISTORY 16.00
IT’S NEVER OVER, JEFF BUCKLEY 15.50
THE PRESIDENT’S CAKE 20.45
THE SECRET AGENT 12.40, 20.10
THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE (70MM) 12:00 (70MM), 15:10 (70MM), 20:30 (70MM)
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