Blizna (1976)

English title: The Scar.
Synopsis: A man is invited to assume the presidency of a new fertilizer factory. He has to go along with many decisions with which he does not agree.
Appraisal: The universe of corporate decisions, in the context of "Real Socialism", is the focus of this film. The key is realism. The writers and director were successful in the depiction of this microcosmos; almost everything and everyone is quite believable. The film is full of insight into the workings of the power game; it is an interplay of influences and interests where nominal power is almost never synonym of real power. Some of the details of the story are hard to fully assess for their plausibility, such as the fact that the same guy that supervises the construction of the company is the one who will run it; but this is perhaps besides the point. It is also hard to assess the relevance of this kind of story to the modern, capitalistic standard of economic and political relations. Anyway, it is hardly a film that will keep you on the edge of your seat, if I may express myself so vulgarly.
Rating: 60