The Constant Factor

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The Constant Factor
Directed by Krzysztof Zanussi
Written by Krzysztof Zanussi
Starring Tadeusz Bradecki
Distributed by New Yorker Films (USA)
Release date(s) May, 1980 (premiere at Cannes)
9 March 1983 (USA, limited)
Running time 92 min.
Country Poland
Language Polish
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The Constant Factor (Polish: Constans) is a 1980 Polish film directed by Krzysztof Zanussi. It tells the story of a young man struggling to face the death of his mother and harbouring a desire to climb the Himalayas as his father had done.

The film won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival.

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Awards
Preceded by
The Hour-Glass Sanatorium
tied with The Invitation (1973)
no awards 1974-9
Jury Prize, Cannes
1980
Succeeded by
no awards 1981-2
Kharij (1983)
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