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TIL that Wajda's classic "Ziemia obiecana"/"Promised Land" was supposed to be distributed in USA, but according to Wajda distributors there bought the rights only to keep the film out of cinemas. Scorsese's 2013 Festival described it as "one of the most important critiques of predatory capitalism".

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