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Duze zwierze (2000) is a Polish movie. Jerzy Stuhr has directed this movie. Jerzy Stuhr,Anna Dymna,Dominika Bednarczyk,Blazej Wójcik are the starring of this movie. It was released in 2000. Duze zwierze (2000) is considered one of the best Comedy,Drama movie in India and around the world.
Left behind by a circus, a camel wanders to the house of a simple middle-aged couple. Although the wife is initially bewildered by the strange and unexpected animal, her husband immediately adopts it as a pet. As the man and his new companion take their daily walks in the village, neighbors are drawn to the odd sight and approach him about riding the camel or using it for any number of purposes. He declines to exploit or capitalize on the friendly animal, and is met with barely veiled hostility. In time, the camel becomes a burden on both the town and the man, who's edged out of community affairs and lives on shaky ground with his wife.
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Beautiful film ... I wish I hadn't seen it ...
SPOILERS AHEAD. The cinematography of The Big Animal is stunning, and the charm of the majestic camel and Zygmunt and Marysia -- the sweet couple who care for him -- is immense. (Scenes of the camel having dinner with the couple, and humming along as Zygmunt practices clarinet are standouts.) It's rare to see someone star and direct simultaneously with such grace (Jerzy Stuhr). I also believe we can never have too many lessons about individuality, social conformity, tolerance, and so on. Having said that, I must say that this was arguably the biggest misrepresentation of a film by its critics since Muriel's Wedding. (I remember that movie being touted as a comedy, and I thought it was anything but.) I read reviews for The Big Animal with descriptions such as "hilarious," "delightful," "family movie." Are they kidding? Granted, we see no violence; as a matter of fact, we don't know exactly what happens to the camel, which is probably just as well. There are sufficient indications that it's not good. What I found as depressing as the camel's fate is the fact that an entire town -- save one little girl -- could so viciously turn against two of its longtime upstanding citizens over something so minor. A camel wanders into their lives, they love the camel, they simply want to keep it and let it enjoy life without exploitation. Apparently, in this village, that's too much to ask. Having read other imdb comments, I'm intrigued by how differently I responded to some scenes. Someone here wrote about not being able to stop laughing at a scene in which the townspeople gather outside the couple's house, silent and grim-faced, one holding a sign that says "OUT." I found this scene terribly upsetting. The intolerance of the community is despicable. Once they finally take matters into their own hands (without taking responsibility, all done in cowardice during the night), they turn around and say boorish things to Zygmunt like, "It's for the best, let's let bygones be bygones." If I were faced with such cruelty from my so-called neighbors, I would pack my bags and tell them all where to go. I understand that this story is a fable, filled with symbolism and metaphor, and as such is essentially over the top. It's best not to consider it in terms of strict realism. But I cried for ten minutes after this film ended, for the couple's plight as well as the camel's. Their reward for being kind, decent people is to discover they don't have a single friend in their own community. Though the final scene is gentle and beautiful, it wasn't enough; I left the theater filled with despair. The Big Animal is a beautiful, quality film, full of important life lessons. I just wish the lessons could've been learned by the people in the story who needed to learn them -- and offered to us, the audience, with a degree of hope in the end.
not as advertised, instead I got something better.
I would comment but I couldn't write a better comment then "Beautiful film ... I wish I hadn't seen it ..., 15 June 2004 Author: profhound from Chicago, IL" It is a beautiful, self critical look at Polish and rather all Human Nature. It shows the power of conformity and social pressure. awesome film. also a note this film was presented as a laugh out loud funny comedy, and maybe that is what the theaters wanted advertised to get people in the door, and instead I found something better. Major Credit to the Director for staying true to the writers work, a truly wonderful film
A gentle fable
This is a deceptively simple morality tale that punches well above its weight. It's a short film that nonetheless unfolds at an unhurried pace, building by degrees to a sad and beautiful close. The final scene -- an exquisite coda to this clear-eyed essay on human behaviour -- is worth the price of admission alone. The director has handsomely acquitted his debt to Kieslowski's script. It's a great shame that the movie is not currently available on video/DVD.
symbolism at its peak
what would you do if you see a camel standing in your garden? don't say it won't happen.. suppose it did you would probably call the police or ask someone for help. well that's not the main characters of "Duze Zwierze" did for sure. instead they wanted to keep it as a pet and as a result a good movie with symbolism at its peak came into scene.. camel is a symbol of something i do not want to mention. because it is the real essence of the movie.but it's symptomatic meaning seems to be that most people are afraid of what they don't know and they don't want to add uncertainty to their lives even if everything is going as boring as it could ever be. therefore it is very logical that the society doesn't want the camel as a pet. it was a funny movie too. the "horse tax" on the camel made me laugh and at the same time think about with how much unimportant stuff a government can deal with! and while these scenes were shot, camera angles are changing accordingly so you sometimes feel pitiful for Mr. Sawicki and on others you see the government workers so small that you understand they are useless. it was not a realistic movie for sure but i do not think that realistic P.O.V. should be a criteria in evaluating a movie. was it original? definitely. and finally every aspect of the movie had an important role for the whole film so that means there was a total unity. when you see this film you will see how a society limits people's behaviors and actually we are not free because of the laws we make ourselves..
Ship of the desert a long way from home
Director and star of this quirky black comedy Jerzy Stuhr well Illustrates the tedium and blandness of life in a small town with the stark black and white of this film about the peace being disturbed when the chief protagonist adopts a camel from a circus annoying the townsfolk and exacerbating the situation by refusing to let his new friend be exploited for commercial gain. This shows all too well how difficult if not impossible it is to stand out in such a small minded and hypocritical environment. Something I think Jack Nicholson said in `Easy rider` about people being afraid of real freedom springs to mind.