| A Short Film About Love | |
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| Directed by | Krzysztof Kieślowski |
| Produced by | Ryszard Chutkowski |
| Written by | Krzysztof Piesiewicz Krzysztof Kieślowski |
| Starring | Grażyna Szapołowska Olaf Lubaszenko |
| Music by | Zbigniew Preisner |
| Cinematography | Witold Adamek |
| Editing by | Ewa Smal |
| Distributed by | Film Polski |
| Release date(s) | October 21, 1988 |
| Running time | 86 min. |
| Language | Polish |
A Short Film About Love (Polish: Krótki film o miłości) is an expanded film version of the sixth episode of director Krzysztof Kieślowski's 1988 Polish language ten-part television series, The Decalogue. Set in Warsaw, the film is about obsession.
It was adapted in Hindi in 2002 as Ek Chhotisi Love Story.
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The storyline explores the themes of love and voyeurism through an examination of the relationship between nineteen-year old Tomek (Olaf Lubaszenko), raised in an orphanage, and an older woman named Magda (Grażyna Szapołowska) that begins when he spies on her life through a telescope from his bedroom window across a courtyard to her apartment. Obsessed with her, and growing bolder, the young man invents reasons to make contact until finally he meets her and confesses his conduct and feelings. Their entanglement leads to deep psychological problems for both showing, without saying, right and wrong changing back and forth. Like Kieślowski's other Decalogue films, it features the mysterious angelic 'Man In White'.
The film resembles the original television version, with minor changes and expansions to the script. The most significant change is to the ending, which was rewritten at the suggestion of lead actress Grażyna Szapołowska, who wanted the film to have a "fairytale ending".[1] The original version ends with Tomek back at work, recovered from his attempted suicide, and telling Magda that he does not watch her anymore. The film ends with Magda's more developed concern for Tomek mirroring his earlier obsession with her. The film concludes in Tomek's room after his return from hospital. She looks through his telescope into her own apartment and Kieślowski replays an earlier scene of Magda crying in her kitchen, which had led Tomek to reveal his feelings to her, only this time she is joined and comforted by Tomek.
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