13th Chennai Monthly Screening of Documentaries and Short Films 2011
(A SCREENING ON EVERY FIRST FRIDAY OF A MONTH)
Jointly organised by MARUPAKKAM &
National Folklore Support Centre (NFSC)
At NFSC, 505, 5th Floor, Kaveri Complex, behind Ganpath Hotel,
Nungambakkam High Road, Nungambakkam, Chennai
On 2 September 2011 at 6 p.m.

Film:
SHORT FILM ABOUT KILLING
Directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski

84 min; 1988; Poland

The plot couldn't be simpler or its attack on capital punishment (and the act of killing in general) more direct - a senseless, violent, almost botched murder is followed by a cold, calculated, flawlessly performed execution (both killings shown in the most graphic detail imaginable), while the murderer's idealistic young defence lawyer ends up as an unwilling accessory to the judicial murder of his client.

Piotr has just passed his law exams and been admitted to the bar. He is to defend Jacek, the young murderer. There is no evidence for the defence and no apparent motive. Jacek is put on trial, found guilty and executed by hanging. Piotr, after his first case, is left with the bitter doubt - does the legal system, in the name of the people, have the right to kill with cold blood?

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