{"id":7109,"date":"2017-06-05T22:37:30","date_gmt":"2017-06-05T22:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/?p=7109"},"modified":"2017-06-11T23:20:00","modified_gmt":"2017-06-11T23:20:00","slug":"going-to-the-movies-in-poland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/going-to-the-movies-in-poland\/","title":{"rendered":"Going to the movies in Poland"},"content":{"rendered":"

You may be going on a vacation to Poland. It could be summer vacation, spending Christmas vacation with a family. You may be staying in Poland for \u00a0a while for work, school…or maybe you just decided to move there?<\/p>\n

Well, going to the movies is always a great idea! There are definitely some great Polish movies to see, but there is usually a great selection of American and European movies.<\/p>\n

Poland boasts a well-developed cinema culture. What else would you expect from the home of such modern day masters as Andrzej Wajda<\/strong>, Krzysztof Kie\u015blowski<\/strong>, or Roman Pola\u0144ski<\/strong>? Polish cities are chock full of cinemas to fit every fancy. You’ll find everything, from the gargantuan mega-plex where you get a discount on soda for ordering the four-litre version, to the tiny, dark cellar full of snobs sharing a drink you’ve never heard of.<\/p>\n

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“Ida”<\/p><\/div>\n

One unique aspect of Poland’s\u00a0national film industry is that it\u00a0has a national audience. In a country of less than forty million people, the most successful films of every year gather a million or more spectators. In the case of the fairly recent romantic comedy Letters to M2<\/strong>, it was nearly three million. Whether audience success coincides with festival acclaim is another story. Not only were the Oscar-winning Ida<\/strong> and the Berlin darling Body (Cia\u0142o)<\/strong> less appreciated by the Polish audience than the festival circuit, but the same applies to some recent genre films: Agnieszka Smoczy\u0144ska\u2019s The Lure\u00a0(C\u00f3rki dancingu)<\/strong> is a musical about teenage mermaids with\u00a0well-made disco set pieces; Marcin Wrona\u2019s Demon<\/strong>\u00a0is an effective horror set\u00a0at\u00a0a frantic wedding whose\u00a0groom is haunted either by an otherworldly creature or the ghost of Polish past itself; Borys Lankosz\u2019s\u00a0A Grain of Truth\u00a0(Ziarno Prawdy)\u00a0<\/strong>is an investigation thriller with a comparatively firm grounding in the specificities of small-town Poland.<\/p>\n

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Here a list of phrases that may be helpful when you decide to see a movie in Poland:<\/p>\n

what’s on at the cinema? –\u00a0co graj\u0105 w kinie?<\/strong><\/p>\n

is there anything good on at the cinema? –\u00a0czy jest co\u015b dobrego w kinie?<\/strong><\/p>\n

what’s this film about? –\u00a0o czym jest ten film?<\/strong><\/p>\n

who’s in it? –\u00a0kto w nim gra?<\/strong><\/p>\n

it’s \u2026to jest \u2026<\/strong>
\na thriller –\u00a0thriller<\/strong><\/p>\n

a comedy –\u00a0komedia<\/strong><\/p>\n

a documentary –\u00a0film dokumentalny<\/strong><\/p>\n

a war film –\u00a0film wojenny<\/strong><\/p>\n

a foreign film –\u00a0film zagraniczny<\/strong><\/p>\n

with English subtitles –\u00a0z angielskimi napisami<\/strong><\/p>\n

it’s just been released –\u00a0w\u0142a\u015bnie wszed\u0142 na ekrany<\/strong><\/p>\n

shall we get some popcorn? –\u00a0kupimy popcorn?<\/strong><\/p>\n

it was one of the best films I’ve seen for ages\u00a0– to jeden z najlepszych film\u00f3w, jakie widzia\u0142em od lat<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Let us know what have you seen lately in a Polish cinema and what was your impression!<\/p>\n

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You may be going on a vacation to Poland. It could be summer vacation, spending Christmas vacation with a family. You may be staying in Poland for \u00a0a while for work, school…or maybe you just decided to move there? Well, going to the movies is always a great idea! There are definitely some great Polish…<\/p>\n

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