Movies presented by natives

Name: Movies presented by natives
Start: 2025-10-16T19:00:00+02:00
End: 2025-10-16T22:30:00+02:00
Location: Kawiarnia Literacka

Schedule

Thu Oct 16 2025 at 07:00 pm to 10:30 pm

UTC+02:00

Location

Kawiarnia Literacka | Krakow, MA

This time Wiliam will present: Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
Spoiler-safe description
An immaculately tailored dark comedy from Ealing Studios. In Edwardian England, the smooth-voiced Louis Mazzini (Dennis Price) narrates his very polite vendetta against a blue-blood clan that’s barred his path to respectability. The joke—and the marvel—is that Alec Guinness plays eight different members of that family, sliding through ages and genders with chilly charm. The film’s wit is as dry as London gin; every line lands with velvet gloves and brass knuckles.
Why it’s worth your night
Tour de force acting: Guinness’s eight portraits are a masterclass in transformation—deadpan, precise, and wickedly funny.
Writing with a razor: Robert Hamer’s script turns murder into manners; it’s social satire masquerading as a drawing-room comedy.
Style to savor: silken black-and-white photography, impeccable costumes, and a narrator whose poise makes the jokes cut deeper.
Enduring bite: Beneath the elegance is a still-sharp critique of class, entitlement, and ambition.
A taste of the tone (no spoilers)
“I was brought up to regard the family as the foundation of society—and to take a practical interest in its disintegration.”
“I hesitate to appear sentimental, but there are times when one must allow good manners to triumph over good intentions.”

See you there!
Paweł
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Organizational info:
We are going to meet in one of those three places please check ideally during the day of the meeting if the location of the event didn't change.
1. Trattoria Venezia, downstairs in pizzeria which is in the same building with hotel. Just enter ask waiter or receptionist about the movie meeting and go downstairs to join us. Please remember that the glass doors to the movie room opens SIDE ways. Please don't push them nor pull. Meeting is for free it will be kind to order something. There is ok beer and coffee and very good pizza. Nevertheless please don't bring your own food and drinks.
2. Cyrki - downstairs in artistic cafe. This place doesn't look very spacious at fist but it has much more space in the basement. They have beer there, good coffee nachos and cakes.
3. Cafe literacka - located in the bookstore, ask bar attender where the movie room is located. They have great cakes and salads, ok beer and sinfully cheap table wine.
******************************************** Paweł is a local city, cultural and food tour guide in Kraków since 2007. Initially his knowledge about Polish films was average. But then when he discover how usefull movies are as educational tools to talk about Poland things have changed. He started to focus more on the important movies about Polish history. Then one day in November 2015 he decided to share it not only during his work as a proffesional tour guide, but also to Couchsurfing community and all culturally hungry people, this time totally for free. Since that day in 2015 Paweł joined academy of Polish films academy, attended as many lectures as possible. Constantly reads about Polish cinema and developed his true passion. At one point Paweł did even screen several Polish low-budget productions inviting people who were involved in production. But it was difficult to find movies like that regularly. If you would like to screen yours movie or movie of your friend, let me know! When after almost 90 years Poland finally got first Oscar, (We have only one small category - foreign language film) Paweł organized screening of "Ida" in cinema twice. In his opinion English subtitles well very much cenzored which ... is the key reason why this movie get oscar. Nevertheless first Paweł's impression about the event was terrible. 60 people in the hall, for many of them it was the first Polish film they will ever see, at least half of them eating chips making huge noice with their plastic packages, one person even open yoghurt, take the spoon and start to eat regular supper... Paweł though that that will be huge failer, those people probably expect an easy entertainment, American style shallow action or comedy film, but... At the end of the screening there was about 2 minutes of total silence... and then huge applause after. Paweł thinks that something very important happened that night and those emotions related made this project very valuable! Each movie is followed by Pawel's or his friend introduction. Sometimes they also screen very rare and almost impossible to find online interviews with director. Off course all materials are with English subtitles. Sometimes screening of the movie is connected with the tour in the museum or around the city if the topic is related. Integration in English & Party
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