Directed by Krzysztof Kieslowśki

Few filmmakers contemplated such weighty philosophical themes with as much authority as Polish cinema titan Krzysztof Kieślowski. Originally a documentary filmmaker, he turned to narrative with early narrative features like CAMERA BUFF and NO END that remained rooted in social reality—often garnering controversy for their dissident commentary on life in Communist Poland. It was with internationally acclaimed features like A SHORT FILM ABOUT KILLING, A SHORT FILM ABOUT LOVE, THE DOUBLE LIFE OF VÉRONIQUE, and the career-capping Three Colors trilogy that Kieślowski revealed himself as his generation’s leading heir to the transcendent cinema of Andrei Tarkovsky and Robert Bresson, exploring universal metaphysical questions—of life and death, freedom and fate, sin and morality—through an increasingly refined, symbol-laden visual style.