Camera Buff

Plot Summary

Filip buys an 8mm movie camera when his first child is born. Because it's the first camera in town, he's named official photographer by the local Party boss. His horizons widen when he is sent to regional film festivals with his first works but his focus on movie making also leads to domestic strife and philosophical dilemmas.

7.5 /10

1979

PL

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factory worker

factory

camera

poland

filmmaking

super 8mm footage

documentary filmmaking

marital problem

communist party

thuggish boss

party politics

post-war poland

student film

film festival

new father

someone with a camera