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SUMMARY:Amsterdam Polish Film Festival: The Promised Land
DTSTAMP:20260917T200051Z
DTSTART:20261023T163000Z
DESCRIPTION:Three ambitious friends pursue wealth in a world driven by ruth
	less capitalism.\nThe Promised Land is Widely regarded as one of Wajda’s g
	reatest achievements.\nFollowd by an after talk.\n\nWhat was it like to li
	ve in a rapidly industrializing city of Łódź at the end of\nthe nineteenth
	 century? The Promised Land is a story of three ambitious friends\n– a Pol
	e\, a German\, and a Jew\, who join forces to build a textile factory and\
	npursue wealth in a world driven by ruthless capitalism. With breathtaking
	 visual\ndynamism\, Andrzej Wajda transforms Władysław Reymont’s celebrate
	d novel into a\npowerful picture of industrial modernity\, class conflict\
	, and the allure of\nsuccess. Widely regarded as one of Wajda’s greatest a
	chievements\, The Promised\nLand remains strikingly relevant today.\n\nCon
	versation: The Promised Land in 21st century\nWajda’s 1975 masterpiece is 
	considered one of the greatest films in Polish\ncinema history and its dom
	estic release triggered massive debate among\nhistorians\, censors and the
	 general public. This conversation will explore the\nroots of the story\, 
	the film’s critique of early industrial capitalism\, and the\nreasons why 
	the message it carries is still relevant today.\n\nAbout Amsterdam Polish 
	Film Festival\nThe 5th edition of the Amsterdam Polish Film Festival\n[htt
	ps://debalie.nl/andrzej-wajda-past-present-possible/] is entirely dedicate
	d\nto Andrzej Wajda\, the renowned Polish director who received an Academy
	 Award in\n2000 for his lifetime achievement.\n\nPurchase a ticket for the
	 entire festival\n[https://tickets.debalie.nl/nl-NL/Package/Details/Amster
	dam-Polish-Film-Festival-22-okt-2028279]
URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/amsterdam-polish-film-festival-the-prom
	ised-land
GEO:52.3630433;4.8828596
LOCATION:De Balie - Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen 10\, 1017 RR Amsterdam
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:amsterdam-centrum,capitalism,classes,festivals,film,leidseplein,
	stories,talk
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><strong>Three ambitious friends pursue weal
	th in a world driven by ruthless capitalism. <em>The Promised Land</em> is
	 Widely regarded as one of Wajda’s greatest achievements. Followd by an af
	ter talk.</strong></p> <p>What was it like to live in a rapidly industrial
	izing city of Łódź at the end of the nineteenth century? The Promised Land
	 is a story of three ambitious friends – a Pole, a German, and a Jew, who 
	join forces to build a textile factory and pursue wealth in a world driven
	 by ruthless capitalism. With breathtaking visual dynamism, Andrzej Wajda 
	transforms Władysław Reymont’s celebrated novel into a powerful picture of
	 industrial modernity, class conflict, and the allure of success. Widely r
	egarded as one of Wajda’s greatest achievements, <em>The Promised Land</em
	> remains strikingly relevant today.</p> <p><strong>Conversation:<em> The 
	Promised Land</em> in 21st century</strong><br>Wajda’s 1975 masterpiece is
	 considered one of the greatest films in Polish cinema history and its dom
	estic release triggered massive debate among historians, censors and the g
	eneral public. This conversation will explore the roots of the story, the 
	film’s critique of early industrial capitalism, and the reasons why the me
	ssage it carries is still relevant today.</p> <p><strong>About Amsterdam P
	olish Film Festival</strong><br>The <a href="https://debalie.nl/andrzej-wa
	jda-past-present-possible/" target="_blank">5th edition of the Amsterdam P
	olish Film Festival</a> is entirely dedicated to Andrzej Wajda, the renown
	ed Polish director who received an Academy Award in 2000 for his lifetime 
	achievement.</p>  <a href="https://tickets.debalie.nl/nl-NL/Package/Detail
	s/Amsterdam-Polish-Film-Festival-22-okt-2028279" target="_blank">Purchase 
	a ticket for the entire festival</a>
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