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The Constant Factor

  • June 4, 1980
  • 87 min.
  • Drama
  • Poland
A young man is confronted with corrupt and vindictive colleagues at work and negligent officials at the hospital where his mother is dying. As he searches quixotically for a steadfast moral code by which to live, he suffers from the knowledge of human frailty and our darker inclinations to do harm.

Original title: Constans

2

nominations

100%

winning rate

2

wins

Cannes Film Festival #33 - 1980

Award People Status
Best Picture [Prize of the Ecumenical Jury] Krzysztof Zanussi Winner
Jury Prize [Main Competition] Krzysztof Zanussi Winner