Comprises ten short films, each based on a broken commandment, set in and around an apartment block in Warsaw. The stories describe experiences and emotions and are characterized by the significance they give to choices made. This book includes A Short Film about Love .
The screenplays of Kieslowski's trilogy of films based on the French tricolor and its motto, "Liberty, Equality and Fraternity", which he made at a time when his homeland, Poland, was shaking off the chains of Soviet domination.
Krzysztof Kieslowski's films were brought to the attention of international audiences by Decalogue . In the discussions in this book, the director comments on each of his films and describes the circumstances of his life circumstances while they were being made.