Rozrachunek z polskością. Poszukiwanie tożsamości narodowej w twórczości Wojciecha Smarzowskiego
Struggle for national identity in Wojciech Smarzowski's cinema

Summary/Abstract: The essay discusses mental and political thoughts in Smarzowski’s cinema and presents an analysis on Polish mentality, class differentiation and deconstruction of traditional symbols. The author begins his study by outlining three theories tied with political ideology of national identity. Next, he traces the struggle for national mentality in Smarzowski’s movies and through an account of how characters of varying films unite in search of ethnic roots. The article concludes with a discussion on Smarzowski’s thinking about collective memory.

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