The Abdication of Fatherhood - Dekalog: Four (1988)

<div class="_2cuy _3dgx _2vxa">Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/zUBvgrpvqa0</div> <div class="_2cuy _3dgx _2vxa"> </div> <div class="_2cuy _3dgx _2vxa"> <div class="_2cuy _3dgx _2vxa">Krzysztof Kieślowski's <span class="_4yxp">DEKALOG</span> (1988) is a series of 10 short films inspired by the Ten Commandments. With this episode we discuss the fourth film in the series, which deals with the fourth commandment: "Honor thy father and mother."</div> <div class="_2cuy _3dgx _2vxa"> </div> <div class="_2cuy _3dgx _2vxa">In this fraught installment, a father is challenged to definitively embrace his paternal role as authority and protector, lest his already ambiguous relationship with daughter be perverted into something truly monstrous.</div> <div class="_2cuy _3dgx _2vxa"> </div> <div class="text_exposed_show"> <div class="_2cuy _3dgx _2vxa"><em><span class= "_4yxp">Dekalog</span></em> can be difficult to find. It can be streamed online with a (relatively cheap and surprisingly legal) subscription to <a href= "https://easterneuropeanmovies.com/?fbclid=IwAR0wJAur5eA4Fv7SdOqRKS4L-kE-tDsSL6ViZsbkApGTNn6F8ruaowNjIrE" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow" data-lynx-mode="asynclazy" data-lynx-uri= "https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Feasterneuropeanmovies.com%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR0wJAur5eA4Fv7SdOqRKS4L-kE-tDsSL6ViZsbkApGTNn6F8ruaowNjIrE&h=AT0ip-QFwzq14Ic5PN7Iikl9oEpi7bnlscUwVJinNtLTwaOe4_b-NpsqZPnW7ZxCa_IWxa5aVebC2Vi7TXca52nVOyZjlvzCMdWhrR7hcTHMhpZ5KZ9qtIOgBWaqQRoVXnBl0_CHLHv786COluMh7vReMBLD6LRn4Ygt">https://easterneuropeanmovies.com</a> — the best viewing experience, however, will be the recent restored edition on Blu-Ray/DVD from Criterion <a href= "https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.criterion.com%2Ffilms%2F28661-dekalog%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR0IWlUBn1brJcDBCiape-6j_4hfnAHfycrI3npd1GtzpTKWdCy3V3MG_fM&h=AT1fjejNt_sJQQ4sVZl-N0VXgK_IYvZjSp8-yoUfuw2Ehp68RVnIUjCfjfDyHU_oBCzYmRL4QjCIQ3e3i8uu33L97p-kiXhECk1tqNuNp5StFjt_qjRy1qdmMN1dXmvI8Tuovj2hBoCHQrzdXgcIlF7WttPbOpNtVYFt" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow"