The Constant Factor

Genres: Drama

Languages: English, Polish

Year: 1980

Vote: 7.3

Festival & Award: Cannes - Jury Prize

The Constant Factor

The showmakers

Krzysztof Zanussi
Tadeusz Bradecki
Zofia Mrozowska
Małgorzata Zajączkowska
Witold Pyrkosz

Overview

A young man is confronted with corrupt and vindictive colleagues at work and negligent officials at the hospital where his mother is dying. As he searches quixotically for a steadfast moral code by which to live, he suffers from the knowledge of human frailty and our darker inclinations to do harm.

Indie vibes check

This film's subject matter, subtle approach, and lack of commercial appeal mark it as an independent work of art.

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