Without Anesthesia (1978)
- Original title
- Bez znieczulenia
- Directed by
- Andrzej Wajda
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- France, Poland
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Rating
- 6.8 of 10 from 17 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A successful Polish journalist watches his personal and professional life unravel during the 1960s. He covers global conflicts but struggles to hold together his own relationships and career.
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What happens
Without Anesthesia (alternative English title: Rough Treatment) is the English-language title for the Polish film Bez znieczulenia, released in 1978, directed by Andrzej Wajda. It was entered in the 1979 Cannes Film Festival. According to the screenplay, Without Anesthesia takes place in the 1960s. Jerzy (Zbigniew Zapasiewicz), a well-known journalist and foreign correspondent who reports on wars, revolutions and guerrilla movements in the third world, is a man whose personal life and career are falling apart. The main character is based on Ryszard Kapuściński, the prominent Polish journalist and author of the "reportage" school. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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