The Hourglass Sanatorium (Cine Fan)
Genre
SPECIAL PROGRAMME
Release Date
25 May 2024 (Sat)
Category
--- (HK), ---(Macau)
Running Time
124 Minutes
Language
Polish
Subtitle
Chinese and English
Director
Wojciech Jerzy Has
Cast
Jan Nowicki, Tadeusz Kondrat, Irena Orska
Synopsis
A man arrives at a remote Polish sanatorium to see his ailing father, only to find the facility falling apart and time shifting back and forth. So begins the labyrinthine mind warp of Wojciech Has’ lavishly staged opus. Entering a dreamlike state, the new arrival stumbles through bizarre encounters and memories, and reconnects with his parents, a past flame and his once vibrant Jewish community. Has drew on the work of Polish Jewish writer Bruno Schulz, then tied in the Holocaust and Poland’s 1968 antisemitic purge. Authorities sensing allegory blocked the film from entering the 1973 Cannes Film Festival, but Has snuck it in and scored the Jury Award for his surrealist tour de force.
Cannes Film Festival: Jury Prize
Cannes Film Festival: Jury Prize
A man arrives at a remote Polish sanatorium to see his ailing father, only to find the facility falling apart and time shifting back and forth. So begins the labyrinthine mind warp of Wojciech Has’ lavishly staged opus. Entering a dreamlike state, the new arrival stumbles through bizarre encounters and memories, and reconnects with his parents, a past flame and his once vibrant Jewish community. Has drew on the work of Polish Jewish writer Bruno Schulz, then tied in the Holocaust and Poland’s 1968 antisemitic purge. Authorities sensing allegory blocked the film from entering the 1973 Cannes Film Festival, but Has snuck it in and scored the Jury Award for his surrealist tour de force.
Cannes Film Festival: Jury Prize
Cannes Film Festival: Jury Prize
