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HANDS UP!

Dir: Jerzy Skolimowski
Cast: Jerzy Skolimowski, Joanna Szczerbic, Tadeusz Łomnicki, Bogumił Kobiela
Screening 1: 31 Mar, 20:45
Screening 2: 10 Apr, 15:40
BFI Southbank
drama
Year of Production: 1967/1981
Country: Poland

Five former colleagues have a surreal reunion in the film that forced Jerzy Skolimowski into exile.

Skolimowski’s alter ego Andrzej Leszczyc returns for a final bow as one of five thirtysomething former colleagues whose reunion (taking place in an abandoned railway wagon) becomes a sombre reflection on both Poland’s past and possible future. It proved too near the knuckle for the communist authorities, who not only banned it but sent its director into a lengthy exile.

Screening Dates + Times:

Friday 31 March, 20:45

Monday 10 April, 15:40

Please note, tickets will go on sale at https://www.bfi.org.uk/ on the 9 March 2023 (BFI champion members from 6 March & BFI members from 7 March)

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