"A short film about Love" (Dekalog Six) is a movie which can be best described as "A guy , a girl and a telescope but not in that order" (Courtesy :Jean Luc Godard).This movie is one of the best movies ever made ,describes the emotional storms in the teens , the hopeless promiscuity of a middle aged woman , the apparent peculiarity called love , all in a nutshell , just in a span of one hour. Tomek , a 19 year old boy , spies on his middle aged neighbor Magda , who is an artiste by profession . Tomek's friend goes abroad giving him the telescope to spy on "promiscuous" Magda with the suggestion "She spreads it around". Tomek , like any confused teen fails to express his love in the proper way and in turn gets hurt in love .Magda introduces him to her very own world of physical pleasure without any presence of the emotions Tomek possess. Kieslowski introduces the viewer to a brutal world marked with absence of love. The movie begins depicting Tomek's attraction towards Magda , his moist eyes finding a man on Magda's flat with his telescope and the movie finishes focusing on Magda ,her understanding of love , perhaps in the same language Tomek wanted to tell her. The uniqueness of the movie lies in the last scene. Tomek declares to Magda , that he's not spying on her anymore . Magda is surprised at first , apprehends it as Tomek doesn't love her anymore , but the next moment she smiles softly , reassuring herself about the strength of love she came to know in her life. This movie , Kielowski's masterpiece is worth to watch , with brilliant acting from Grazyna Szapolowska and Olaf Lubaszenko.The scenes of Tomek and Magda meeting in a restaurant , or when Magda introduces Tomek to her body , or Magda's loneliness and her painful and patient wait for Tomek to get back from hospital are classic examples of movie making and are more poetic than other practical elements in the movie. In short, this movie can be described as a must watch for any lover of movie making and any person ever in love .
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