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Pialat is a master of realism in both a positive and negative sense. Realism is also used to describe a French painting movement in the mid-19th century. It aimed to faithfully capture the surrounding world using expressive means, often taking inspiration from the folk, rural environment (hence "realism"). Some of the most well-known representatives are G. Courbet, J.F. Millet, and others. Does that not mean much to you? Do you prefer impressionism, expressionism, cubism, etc.? These are the movements that freed themselves from the shackles of mimesis and did not just try to imitate reality but rather interrupt its seemingly obvious flow and go further in those unsettling gaps than the most faithful empirical experience can provide. The same goes for Pialat - you look at his work and say to yourself that everything is exactly as it is in reality. That is, of course, "true art" (art in the sense of masterfully mastering the defined subject) and one must take their hat off to him where myriad other directors have tragically failed. On the other hand, Pialat will never receive five stars from me precisely because his expressive language belongs to the century before last. He never surprises or gives more to a person than they already knew because reality is known not only to the artist but also to the viewer... (07.10.2014)