Talk:The Man Who Lies

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As the film progresses it is possible to assume that Boris is not a resistance fighter but instead a traitor, or that he is just an adventurer, or a madman. There are also doubts as to whether such a man really existed, and if there was, whether he was alive (at some point in the local cemetery a grave is shown with a Boris Varissa marker), and if alive, whether he is really Boris. Maybe it's just the spirit of the deceased Boris, and maybe he is actually Jan (at one point he claims this). The time when the events occur is difficult to determine. Some events take place seemingly during the war (or in the memory of those who fought, or maybe in someone's imagination?). Some events seem to occur in real time but with wartime attributes superimposed. Some of the events are likely to occur or have occurred in reality, some are a reflection of memory idiosyncrasies, distorting events to varying degrees when reproduced, and some are a result of pure fiction, and clearly conscious, and sometimes it is virtually impossible to clearly separate these narrative planes. And if the events set out in the film are considered in a realistic manner, the picture appears contradictory and devoid of any unifying idea. However, looking at it as an ambiguous manifestation of different realities, a variety of possible interpretations of the same events in different circumstances and at different levels of perception, the picture appears as a complex and comprehensive study of the ways of perception, interpretation and reproduction of reality.

Belle Fast (talk) 19:47, 19 February 2022 (UTC)