A Short Film About Love

A Short Film About Love

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Release Date

8/21/1988

Runtime

87 mins

Overview

19-year-old Tomek whiles away his lonely life by spying on his opposite neighbour Magda through binoculars. She's an artist in her mid-thirties, and appears to have everything - not least a constant stream of men at her beck and call. But when the two finally meet, they discover that they have a lot more in common than appeared at first sight...

Status

Released

Original Language

Polish

Budget

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Revenue

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A quietly devastating portrait of connection across a gulf of age and experience, where watching becomes an act of longing. The film tenderly explores how two lonely people might find themselves in each other.

Mood

WistfulMelancholicBittersweetRomantic

Themes

LoveIsolationIdentityComing of age

Tone

Tender

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

Naturalistic

Structure

Two-hander

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