Moonlighting
Jerzy Skolimowski
Three Polish labourers and their foreman, Novak, come to London to work illegally. Novak, who is domineering, is the only one who speaks English. When he hears about the coup in Poland, he keeps the news from his compatriots...
Cast : Jeremy Irons, Eugene Lipinski, Jiri Stanislav, Eugeniusz Haczkiewicz, Dorota Zieciowska
Scenario: Jerzy Skolimowski
Cinematography: Tony Pierce-Roberts
Editing: Barrie Vince
Music: Stanley Myers
Scenario: Jerzy Skolimowski
Cinematography: Tony Pierce-Roberts
Editing: Barrie Vince
Music: Stanley Myers
Production : Michael White Productions, Channel Four
Distribution : Potemkine Films
Distribution : Potemkine Films
Whilst Jerzy Skolimowski is known for his penchant for internalised wanderings haunted by nothingness, rarely in his work has this theme found such powerful political and social resonance as in Moonlighting. In 1982, the struggle of a section of the Polish working class against the totalitarianism of the ‘People’s Republic’ inspired Skolimowski, who had by then emigrated to Britain, to create this relentless parable, which pitted ideologies against one another by transforming the value of labour into a monstrous entity before which men kneel, even if it means devouring one another. It must be said that the idea now towers just as high above partisan positions, whilst its current cinematic incarnation glows with a sooty radiance."" (Benoit Smith; criticat.com)