Word: majka
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Dates: during 1995-1995
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More than the other films, "Decalogue 7"--"Thou shall not steal"--strikingly portrays how opposing figures can play the same roles. Majka bears a child at 16, which her mother claims as her own. Seven years later, Majka decides to steal her daughter back. The role of "thief" is a shared one. Majka may have reason for reclaiming the daughter who was stolen from her, but she is also stealing her daughter from the life that was familiar to her, and the people whom she had loved. Kieslowski turns his lens with equal acuity on each character, sparing...
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