TIRANA, May 3 – The Academy of Film and Multimedia Marubi will host from May 4 to May 8 the globally renowned Polish film director Maestro Krzysztof Zanussi, who will inaugurate four days of his movie screenings in Tirana.
The Polish Ambassador to Tirana Karol Bachura and Rector of the Academy for Film and Multimedia Marubi will attend the opening night, when the movie “Persona non Grata” will be screened.
The entrance for the movies will be free, with seven pm marking the start of each movie night. All films will be in Polish, with English subtitles.
Persona non Grata on Friday, May 4
Wiktor, Polish ambassador to Uruguay, comes back home to attend his wife’s funeral and face his old Russian friend, suspected of having an affair with Wiktor’s deceased spouse.
Our God’s Brother on Saturday, May 5
This is the true story of St. Albert Chmielowski, a celebrated Polish artist and painter in the 1800’s who was a major inspiration for young Karol Wojtyla, later Pope John Paul II. Albert became dissatisfied with his painting, and disillusioned about the meaning of life, when he encountered many homeless and outcast beggars in Poland that triggered his passion to help the poor. He gave up his promising painting career, and became a monk who served the poor for the rest of his life. He founded a new religious community that would come to be known as the Albertine Brothers and, later, the Albertine Sisters.
Life for Life on Sunday, May 6
The story of catholic saint Maximilian Kolbe (1894-1941), who volunteered to die in place of a stranger in the Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz.
Camouflage on Monday, May 7
A group of students are spending the summer vacation at a university camp studying the science of linguistics. One of the camp directors, Jaroslaw, is a young professor who prefers the straightforward, intimate approach to students. He is opposed in his liberal views by Jakub, who likes to manipulate people.
Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease on Tuesday, May 8
A cynical doctor, who is dying of cancer, would like to know the meaning of his life. He has to fight for it or just get ready for death.
