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‘Hero of the Year’
Poland, 1986, 115 minutes, 7:45 p.m . Feliks Falk’s crackling satire on life in post-Solidarity Poland has strong echoes of Capra’s “Meet John Doe.” A shrewd, bulky TV personality whose career was wrecked during Solidarity’s rise to prominence attempts a comeback exploiting a naive worker who saved people from a gas explosion. It’s a paradox that Poland’s Oscar entry should be so candid about the restrictions on freedom of expression.
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