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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.
BLUE MOON 14.00, 20.50
BUGONIA 15.50 (35mm)
DIE MY LOVE 20.30
HORSESHOE 16.00, 18.30 (+ Q&A)
IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT 13.30, 18.10
L’ATALANTE 16.10
PILLION 13.40, 20.40
SUNSET BOULEVARD (75th ANNIVERSARY RE-RELEASE) 18.20
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