Polish Cultural Institute
and
Anthology Film Archives
present

FERDYDURKE

by Jerzy Skolimowski
1991, 90 minutes

Thursday, October 28 & Saturday, October 30 at 7:00
Friday, October 29 & Sunday, October 31 at 9:30

Anthology Film Archives
32 Second Avenue (at Second Street)
New York

Warsaw, summer of 1939. While Poland is living the last hours of its freedom, thirty-year-old Joey, an aspiring novelist with an uncertain future, experiences the bitter "satisfaction" of the failure of his first book. One morning, he receives an unexpected visit by his old high school teacher, Mr Pimko, who carries him off on a strange and unsettling journey... Back at his old school, Joey meets his old class-mates and watches their noisy games, their violent conflicts over sports and politics, their lewd and grotesque contests for the one who will make the most vulgar face...