Connection
Camera Buff is a polonais film of genre Drama directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski released in USA on 3 october 1980 with Jerzy Stuhr
Camera Buff (1979)
Amator
If you like this film, let us know!
Add to a movie listCamera Buff (Polish: Amator, meaning "amateur") is a 1979 Polish drama film written and directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski and starring Jerzy Stuhr. The film is about a humble factory worker whose newfound hobby, amateur film, becomes an obsession, and transforms his modest and formerly contented life. Camera Buff won the Polish Film Festival Golden Lion Award and the FIPRESCI Prize and Golden Prize at the 11th Moscow International Film Festival, and the Berlin International Film Festival Otto Dibelius Film Award in 1980.
Synopsis
The film is set in the late 1970s in Wielice, People's Republic of Poland. Factory worker Filip Mosz (Jerzy Stuhr) is a nervous new father and a doting husband when he begins filming his daughter's first days with a newly acquired 8mm movie camera. He believes, as he tells his wife, that he now has everything he ever wanted since his youth as an orphan, but when the local Communist Party boss asks him to film an upcoming jubilee celebration of his plant, his fascination with the possibilities of film begins to transform his life.Actors
Comments
Leave comment :
Suggestions of similar film to Camera Buff
There are 27 films with the same actors, 29 films with the same director, 87909 with the same cinematographic genres (including 3809 with exactly the same 3 genres than Camera Buff), to have finally 70 suggestions of similar films.If you liked Camera Buff, you will probably like those similar films :
Three Colors: White (1994)
, 1h40Directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about immigration, Films about marriage
Actors Zbigniew Zamachowski, Julie Delpy, Jerzy Stuhr, Janusz Gajos, Aleksander Bardini, Juliette Binoche
Rating75%
After opening with a brief, seemingly irrelevant scene of a suitcase on an airport carousel, the story quickly focuses on a Paris divorce court where Karol Karol (Zbigniew Zamachowski) is pleading with the judge — the same legal proceedings that Juliette Binoche's character briefly stumbled upon in Blue. The immigrant Karol, despite his difficulty in understanding French, is made to understand that his wife Dominique (Julie Delpy) does not love him. The grounds for divorce are humiliating: Karol was unable to consummate the marriage. Along with his wife, he loses his means of support (a beauty salon they jointly owned), his legal residency in France, and the rest of his cash in a series of mishaps, and is soon a beggar. He only retains a 2 franc coin.
Decalogue X (1990)
, 55minutesDirected by Krzysztof Kieślowski
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Zbigniew Zamachowski, Jerzy Stuhr, Henryk Bista, Olaf Lubaszenko, Maciej Stuhr
Rating82%
The story begins at a concert of punk group "City Death". There is a crowd of young people listening to the loud music and the group frontman/singer, Artur (Zbigniew Zamachowski). A man making his way through the crowd, Jerzy (Jerzy Stuhr), waves urgently to Artur, who is subsequently revealed as Jerzy's older brother. Jerzy informs Artur that their father Czesław "Root" Janicki has died. The brothers, whose relationship with their father was distant and strained, handle the funeral proceedings with ambivalence.
Blind Chance (1987)
, 1h54Directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski
Origin Pologne
Genres Drama
Actors Bogusław Linda, Jerzy Stuhr, Tadeusz Łomnicki, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Adam Ferency, Zygmunt Hübner
Rating76%
Witek (Bogusław Linda), sitting on an airplane, for some reason screams "No!" A bleeding person is dragged across a hospital floor. As a child, Witek learns how to write. As an adolescent, Witek dates Czuszka. As an adult, Witek goes to medical school but 'loses' his calling after the death of his father. Witek decides to catch a train to Warsaw. There he crashes into a fellow drinking beer. Three different outcomes are shown, each depending on how Witek deals with the obstacles on his way to catching the train and whether or not he catches the train.
The Scar (1976)
, 1h52Directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski
Origin Pologne
Genres Drama
Actors Franciszek Pieczka, Mariusz Dmochowski, Jerzy Stuhr, Agnieszka Holland, Stanisław Michalski, Bohdan Ejmont
Rating65%
After discussions and dishonest negotiations, a decision is made as to where a large new chemical factory is to be built. Stefan Bednarz (Franciszek Pieczka), an honest Party man, is put in charge of the construction. Bednarz used to live in the small town where the factory is to be built, and his wife used to be a Party activist there. Although he has unpleasant memories of the town, Bednarz sets out to build a place where people will be able to live well and work well. His intentions and convictions, however, conflict with those of the townspeople who are mainly concerned with their short-term needs. Disillusioned, Bednarz gives up his position.
The Calm (1980)
, 1h10Directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski
Genres Drama
Actors Jerzy Stuhr, Jerzy Trela
Rating71%
A young man in Poland, Antek Gralak (Jerzy Stuhr), is released from prison after serving a three-year sentence. Leaving his home town of Kraków, Antek heads for a construction site in Silesia where he is not known. He dreams of living a simple life, with a job, a wife, and home. In Silesia he is anxious to avoid trouble and is friendly with his colleagues and grateful to his employer for hiring him.
Decalogue IX (1990)
, 58minutesDirected by Krzysztof Kieślowski
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Ewa Błaszczyk, Artur Barciś, Jerzy Trela
Rating80%
Dr. Roman Nycz (Piotr Machalica) has been diagnosed with impotence. His friend and colleague confirms the prognosis, suggesting that he should divorce his attractive young wife, Hanka (Ewa Błaszczyk), a stewardess for KLM. After discussing the diagnosis, it becomes clear that the couple is in love and do not want to lose each other. Hanka offers that there are more important things in a relationship between two people than sex and that she will manage to live without it. Roman, although guarded and hurt, says that he would not begrudge her decision to find another lover if she does not already have one. She halfheartedly refuses and asks that they refrain from discussing the situation at length.
Decalogue III (1990)
, 56minutesDirected by Krzysztof Kieślowski
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Daniel Olbrychski, Joanna Szczepkowska, Artur Barciś, Henryk Baranowski
Rating2%
It is Christmas Eve. Janusz (Daniel Olbrychski), a taxicab driver, plays Święty Mikołaj (roughly equivalent to Santa Claus) for his children and then comes home as himself (crossing paths briefly with Krzysztof from Decalogue I) to his wife and children, in order to spend the evening with them. They attend mass in the city. There he spots Ewa (Maria Pakulnis), with whom he had an affair three years earlier. Ewa just happened upon the church after visiting her senile aunt in the retirement home (the aunt asks Ewa whether she's done her homework, but also enquires after her husband).
A Short Film About Love (1988)
, 1h26Directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski
Origin Pologne
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about suicide
Actors Grażyna Szapołowska, Olaf Lubaszenko, Artur Barciś, Stanisław Gawlik
Rating80%
Nineteen-year-old Tomek (Olaf Lubaszenko) is living in an apartment complex in Warsaw with his godmother—staying in her son's room while he's away. Raised in an orphanage, the shy Tomek has few friends and works as a postal clerk. Tomek has been spying on a beautiful older woman, Magda (Grazyna Szapolowska), who lives in an adjacent apartment complex. Using a telescope, he watches her every night performing mundane tasks, working on her artwork, and entertaining men. To get closer to her, he slips fake postal notices in her mailbox for a nonexistent money order at his post office. He also calls her anonymously to hear her voice. Tomek's obsession is focused more on her everyday activities rather than her sex life; when he sees her becoming sexual with men, he trains the telescope away and does not watch.
The Double Life of Véronique (1991)
, 1h38Directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantastic, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about classical music and musicians, Jumeaux ou jumelles
Actors Irène Jacob, Aleksander Bardini, Kalina Jędrusik, Guillaume de Tonquédec, Philippe Volter, Sandrine Dumas
Rating76%
In Poland in 1968, a little girl is shown the stars in the winter sky by her mother, who identifies the Christmas Eve star. In France, a little girl is shown one of the first leaves of spring by her mother, who points out the fine veins running through.
Three Colors: Red (1994)
, 1h39Directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski
Origin France
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality
Actors Irène Jacob, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Samuel Le Bihan, Jean-Pierre Lorit, Julie Delpy, Juliette Binoche
Rating80%
The film begins with clips that track a telephone call between London and Geneva, where a university student and part-time model, Valentine Dussaut (Irène Jacob), is talking to her emotionally infantile and possessive boyfriend. During her work as a model she poses for a chewing-gum campaign and during the photo shoot the photographer asks her to look very sad. While walking back home Auguste, a neighbour of Valentine's, drops a set of books, notices that a particular chapter of the Criminal Code was open at random, and concentrates on that passage. While driving back to her apartment Valentine is distracted while adjusting the radio and accidentally runs over a dog. She tracks down the owner, a reclusive retired judge, Joseph Kern (Jean-Louis Trintignant). He seems unconcerned by the accident or the injuries sustained by Rita, his dog. Valentine takes Rita to a veterinarian, where she learns that Rita is pregnant. Valentine takes the dog home.