A Short Film About Love - A Polish Film By Krzystof Kieslowski

After he has sex with Magda, Tomek's first act is to try committing suicide. That's why you should never have sex just before committing suicide.

The Hyderabad Film Club, in collaboration with the Embassy of The Republic Of Poland, New Delhi, & the Federation Of Film Societies Of India, is screening a series of short films and feature films of Polish director Krzystof Kieslowski, as a tribute to the legend, from 13th to 20th December, at Sarathi Studios, Ameerpet.

16 short films and 5 feature films will be screened during these days. Today, the 2nd day, a short film called Short Working Day will be screened.

Tomek, a young post office worker, is obsessed with Magda, a sexy woman who lives in the apartment block opposite. He spies on her through a telescope and then finally declares his love to her. She is initially repulsed, but then initiates Tomek into having sex with her, without any feeling of love. Tomek, shattered, tries to commit suicide, but does not succeed. When he returns from hospital, it is Magda, who is now obsessed with him.

Krzysztof Kieslowski was born in 1941 in Warsaw, Poland. At a young age he decided to become a theatre director, but during those days there was no specific training program for directors. So he chose to study film as an intermediate step. After that he continued his education in the famed Polish film school in Lodz, that also produced Roman Polanski and Andrzej Wajda.

Kieslowski started his career with documentaries, focusing on the everyday lives of city dwellers, workers and soldiers. Though he was not an overtly political filmmaker, his productions were controversial, causing many discussions among the public as well as the authorities. He started with feature films, his first production was Personnel in 1975, which brought him the first prize at the Mannheim Film Festival. His other movies also received wide acclaim and honors.

In the '80s, he started his ambitious project