This is the first installment of what Kieslowski, who died in 1996, planned as a trilogy.

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And the movie itself shades from coldness and contrivance into a story as touching and mysterious as anything Kieslowski has ever made.

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It is no coincidence that its novice director, 30-year-old Song Il-Gon, learnt his craft at the Polish national film school in Lodz, where Mr Kieslowski also trained.

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But Mr Antal has learned the lessons of east European cinematic realism, a school that encompasses stylists as different as Mr Polanski, Andrzej Wajda, Milos Forman and Krzysztof Kieslowski.

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