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An amateur filmmaker's hobby causes problems in his personal life.
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A worker buys an 8 mm camera to film his young daughter and has his life transformed. He then decides to dedicate himself to cinema and show the world as it is, which ends up causing problems.
"The Polish filmmaker Krzysztof Kieslowski began his career in filmmaking with documentaries and this documentary trait is very present in his first feature films. 'Amator' was one of his first fiction films and the narrative resembles the format of documentaries, throughout his career it is noticeable how this will change. The film tells the story of a man who buys a camera to film the first steps of his newborn daughter and ends up falling in love with something that started as a hobby. The protagonist is fascinated by the idea of making films with everyday facts and this ends up bringing consequences to his personal life. Krzysztof Kieslowski shows how films can change a person's life by showing how an ordinary man ends up becoming a filmmaker in 'Amator'. If you are a movie lover, you need to watch this great work of the Polish director."