The Culture Commission of the Jagiellonian University’s PhD Student Association invites you to attend the next edition of the Doctoral Students' Film Club, which will be held in the White Auditorium of the Cinema Under the Rams (Rynek Główny 27) on Thursday June 2nd at 5:00 PM. This time, we will watch Roger Michell's film The Duke.

Admission is free for doctoral students at the Jagiellonian University, although the number of participants is limited. We ask all who are interested in attending the event to send an email to filip.mazurczak@doctoral.uj.edu.pl by Wednesday June 1st. 

The introduction to the film will begin at 6:00 PM sharp. Please do not arrive late.

 

A humorous and moving tale starring Oscar winners Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren. 

Based on a mad but true story, this comedy tells the story of an ordinary Robin Hood-like man who ridiculed British authorities by brashly stealing a certain masterpiece for a noble cause. 

Great Britain is shocked by the news of an audacious robbery at the National Gallery. The police claim that a powerful international ring is responsible for the theft of a priceless portrait of the Duke of Wellington by the great Goya. When the modest taxi driver Kempton Bunton reads this news, he cannot but laugh, for the priceless painting is hidden in his own closet in his humble abode in Newcastle. Bunton loves his simple life, loves his wife and sons, but cannot stand any kind of injustice. In this regard, he is an incorrigable idealist, which frequently gets him into even greater trouble. The theft of this priceless painting is undoubtedly the greatest stunt he had pulled off, but the aim is always noble. In anonymous letters, Bunton suggests to the authorities that he returns the painting under the condition that it introduces certain benefits for the poor. When the police begin to suspect him, this Newcastle Robin Hood will have to face the British justice system and, what is worse, the wrath of his own wife.