Jan Zidek
Nowadays so fashionable dystopian sci-fi movies are so schematic, always so predictable and filled with clichés. The more this classic Polish jewel can excel. The tone of the current feminist movement suggests that the movie, released more than 30 years ago, was prophetic.The movie is so refreshingly anti-feministic, emphasizing and fighting for the traditional role of a man and a woman, who the hell are different from each other. At the same time the main male character are such anti-heroes, no super-men at all! Crying and moaning when they are depressed, able to defeat the trained girl fighters only by the power of a kiss! And furthermore, it's fun from the beginning to the end.Maybe some jokes cannot be understandable for a younger and/or foreign generation, sometimes the experience from living in a socialistic country is required. Yet still most of them are timeless and maybe becoming even more topical."- What are you doing? I'm an officer!
Now you aren't an officer, you are a woman!What are you doing?"
raskolnikov-11
I am Polish and my comment might be perceived as subjective. I watched "Seksmisja" when I was a kid and I loved it. When I watched it after 10 years, I loved it, too. You know very well that does not happen with most of the movies that you had seen... Seksmisja is fantastic, very well played and let its Polish origin not deceive you. The movie was filmed in the communistic times and was supposed to be an allegory of the system i.e. 2 guys become hibernated in order to be awaken some years later. They do get awaken but .... by women who turn up to be the only inhabitants of the "new" world (sounds lovely for a guy, huh?). I am not going to tell you more as I would deprive you of the most interesting part, but this movie is a MUST. I recommend it for those moments when you are angry with someone or when you are tired after work ... or want to have another enjoyable hours with your girl / man.
Idalcia
As I'm Polish I've got the possibility of enjoying every single word and dialog in this outstanding movie and somehow relating it to Polish stereotypes and history... but I really do think that 'Sexmission' will be just as hilarious to everyone... =) The plot, the action, the characters played by unrivaled actors make this movie definitely worth watching - and it makes you die with laughter =). It's number one of all the comedies I've seen, even though I've seen it hundreds of times =). Watching the poor men being woken up in the world of women and trying to catch on the situation...well it's something to see, really =)))!
shu-fen
I watched this movie in town in 1992, that was my first time to hear Polish, lovely language. Later, I had rummaged through the internet hoping to get a copy of DVD of this marvellous movie but fate doesn't permit, just one copy of video on ebay, yuck!Many of us are familiar with Polish director Krzysztof Kieslowski's trilogy Red, Blue, White, the 10-episode TV "Decalogue" and also The Double Life of Veronique. Perhaps not many of us have seen this hilarious, provocative but little known sci-fi "mission" comedy.With its background setting, one may easily associate the story with totalitarianism, dictatorship, fascism, social satire and science machinations. The voluntary 3-year-yet-turned-10-year hibernation of Olgierd Lukaszewicz and Jerzy Stuhr, the untimely wars in between, the hostility of the mis-educated, mis-informed and aggressive "amazonians" are fantastic elements interpreted humorously and successfully.When the two man wake up from the hibernation, they find that they seem to be the only men in an all-female society living underground. They venture to keep alive by disguising as women. The biggest irony is when one of them struggles to leave the place but rushing into the "starry night", he finds that it is only a layer of elastic plastic tent: the women living underground have been deceived all through the years. Later they bring their beloved women out from the underground and let them experience the tenderness of sex with man.The public trial is the most unforgettable. After their identity has been figured out, they are caught and thrown into an arena-like court house to be tried and judged by the entire female population. One of the allegations is: all scientists are men and they cause war so they are criminals. One man retorts, "What about Madame Curie?" A few seconds' silence, "HE's also a man!" exploded from the frantic crowd.If making an analogy of 1984 with this one, the former is heavy and dark, the latter is light and hopeful, though both carry the same message: Big Brother (Sister) is Watching.
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