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I watched the film "Subuk" with great interest, especially since I knew little about the problems associated with raising autistic children. While the film was quite conventional in its artistic aspect, it's been a long time since I saw a work that made me reflect so much. First of all, I saw that often chance can completely change our lives so that they can take completely different paths. The main character, Marysia (Malgorzata Gorol), was not a traditional, conservative woman who only thinks about her husband and children, but rather a modern girl with her own ambitions. However, a pure coincidence turned her life into a series of sacrifices and almost deprived her of privacy. Although I am not a supporter of countries with bloated social welfare, I think that as a society we should make sure that such people are never left without help. Secondly, I understood that autistic people may deviate from accepted norms, but they also have their own world and their own talents, and it is necessary to communicate with them. I was very moved by the fate of Marysia from the film, and I strongly sided with her in her fight against life's adversities. I also liked the playing of Malgorzata Gorol and Andrzej Seweryn. So, to sum up, I think that "Subuk" is an engaging film that has educational value but at the same time gives room for independent reflection.

I watched "Mala Matura 1947" (Little Matura 1947) mostly because of the many big names involved in it (director Janusz Majewski and actors like Artur Zmijewski, Olgierd Lukaszewicz, Marek Kondrat, and many others). Another very interesting fact was that the film was partly autobiographical for the director Janusz Majewski, who was born in 1931. But for me, the story in the film did not offer anything new, neither in the autobiographical layer nor in the context of the post-war history of Poland. A deeply polarized society was shown, where the good side was the pre-war intelligentsia and the bad side was the communists and their sympathizers. For me, this is a somewhat idealized and simplified image, and even if I have much more sympathy for the opposition, I believe that active resistance only makes sense if it has a chance of success. The plot takes place in 1947, but it was already in February 1945, at the Yalta Conference, that it was decided that Poland would fall under the Soviet zone of influence. So the powerful Home Army (AK) was dissolved already on 19.01.1945. I think that during this period most Poles, even if they did not have the slightest sympathy for communism, simply wanted to survive, because not everyone could leave the country and armed resistance was just a senseless waste of human life. However, this majority was not shown in the film. Despite everything, I don't regret watching "Little Matura 1947". As usual with Janusz Majewski, we see in the film an incredible care in showing the realities of the time and attention to detail, even if Poland in 1947 looks a bit too nice and too good. It was very interesting for me to look at what high school teaching used to look like. And as I already mentioned, you can enjoy the acting of many famous actors.

I enjoyed watching "Juliusz" more than I expected from its rating. The plot is about the delayed entry into adulthood of a somewhat confused thirty-something-year-old teacher (Wojciech Mecwaldowski) and his relationship with his artist father (Jan Peszek), who is nearing the end of his life path. Many scenes in this film were genuinely funny to me, although sometimes it was a bit of a cabaret-like humor and lacked social realism. Despite everything, the whole thing was not pointless and formed a story that was not stupid and positive in its message. I also liked the acting. "Juliusz" is rather a modest and unspectacular film, but for me it was good and light entertainment that at the same time is not a waste of time.