Jump

A hallucinatory, allegorical western set in 1960s Poland, Jump sees a man on the lam jump off a train. Hiding out in a scarcely populated settlement, he encounters a ghostland set halfway between dream and reality, inhabited by people in distress and haunted by war. To some this mystery man (played by the Polish superstar Zbigniew Cybulski) is a prophet; to others he’s a martyr or a liar. Daniel W. Pratt, visiting assistant professor in Ohio State’s Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures, will introduce the film and lead a Q&A session after the screening. (104 mins., DCP)

Organized by Propaganda Foundation, DI Factory, and Cyfrowe Repozytorium Filmowe, Warsaw, and The Film Foundation, New York and Los Angeles; in cooperation with Milestone Film and Video, New Jersey, and Studio Filmowe Tor, Zebra Studio Filmowe, and Studio Filmowe KADR, Warsaw; and with the support of The Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland, Polish Film Institute, and National Audiovisual Institute, Warsaw.

Cosponsored by Ohio State’s Department of Slavic and Eastern European Languages and Cultures and its Polish Studies Initiative, the Polish American Club, and the Ohio State Polish Club.