Jerzy Skolimowski returned to Poland to film this surreal comedy based on a cult novel by Witold Gombrowicz. Set during the onset of World War II, a young writer (Iain Glen) is challenged by a former professor (Jerzy Binczycki) to become a man or return to a nightmarish adolescence. The latter makes for a much more interesting descent into the absurd. Nominated for the Golden Lion at Venice. With Crispin Glover and Robert Stephens. In English.

Jerzy Skolimowski---Poland/France---1991---90 mins.