See this film: The Shout at the HFA

The brilliant Jerzy Skolimowski, star director of the Polish New Wave, has had his ups and down since he left his homeland in 1967 because of censorship and political oppression. One high point is The Shout (1978), an adaptation of a Robert Graves story in which Alan Bates plays a mysterious stranger who seemingly has mastered a cry so sad and desperate that . . . Anyway, you might want to block your ears for it, but be sure to pay attention when Skolimowski himself discusses the film and his career after the screening. The Archive is in the Carpenter Center, 24 Quincy St, Cambridge | June 12 @ 7 pm | $9; $7 students, seniors | 617.495.4700 or hcl.harvard.edu/hfa.