The Scar

"'Scar', also known by its original title 'Blizna', was the second feature film of Krzysztof Kieslowski and the first one to be released in cinemas. Before that, the filmmaker had made 'Personel', a production for television. Kieslowski started his career with documentaries, so his first fictional works carry strong documentary and political influences. In 'Scar', the Pole makes a strong criticism of the government of Poland in the 1970s, which suffered from the turbulent period of the communist regime of Władysław Gomułka. As can be seen in his subsequent productions, this film also traces the political context of the country in contrast to the life of the main character. Throughout his work, Krzysztof Kieslowski knew how to dose the criticisms he weaves with the climate of the films, in the case of 'Scar', the filmmaker brings a dense atmosphere and good photography, which works as a perfect fit to portray political debates. The only negative point of this feature is the ending, which ends up being too positive for the whole narrative built. The protagonist only accepts his destiny, which used to bother him and surrenders to all state bureaucracy. Was Krzysztof Kieslowski's idea just to show that often we accept things without fighting for our ideals?"