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1 online resource (streaming video file) (116 minutes): .flv file, sound |
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On a gray, foggy morning outside a large Polish city, a masseur from the East named Zhenia (Alec Utgoff, Stranger Things) enters the lives of the wealthy residents of a gated community. With his hypnotic presence and quasi-magical abilities, he is able to get a residence permit and starts plying his trade. The well-to-do residents in their cookie-cutter suburban homes seemingly have it all, but they all suffer from an inner sadness, some unexplained longing. The attractive and mysterious newcomer's hands heal, and Zhenia's eyes seem to penetrate their souls. To them, his Russian accent sounds like a song from the past, a memory of simpler times. The latest from writer/director Malgorzata Szumowska (Elles, In the Name of) and her longtime collaborator Michal Englert is an unclassifiable meditation on class, immigration, and global warming shot through with Lynchian touches of the otherworldly and moments of sober beauty and unexpected humor. Poland's Official Submission to the 93rd Academy Awards® |
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Agata Kulesza, Alec Utgoff, Andrzej Chyra, Katarzyna Figura, Maja Ostaszewska, Weronika Rosati, Łukasz Simlat |
| Event |
Originally produced by Kino Lorber in 2020 |
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In French, Polish, Russian, and Vietnamese |
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Rich people -- Poland -- Drama
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Masseurs -- Poland -- Drama
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Social classes -- Poland -- Drama
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Drama.
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Foreign films.
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Comedy.
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Drama
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plays (performing arts compositions)
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drama (literary genre)
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Comedy
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Drama
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Foreign films
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Motion pictures
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Feature films
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Comedy films.
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Films de fiction.
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Streaming video
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Szumowska, Małgorzata, 1973- film director, screenwriter, film producer.
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Englert, Michał, 1975- film director, screenwriter, film producer.
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Wasiak, Agnieszka, film producer
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Włodarski, Mariusz, film producer
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Weber, Michael, 1958- film producer.
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Fügen, Viola, film producer
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Utgoff, Alec, actor
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Ostaszewska, Maja, 1972- actor.
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Kulesza, Agata, 1971- actor.
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Rosati, Weronika, actor
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Figura, Katarzyna, actor
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Simlat, Łukasz, actor
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Chyra, Andrzej, 1964- actor.
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Czeczot, Krzysztof, 1979- actor.
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Lava Films, production company
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Match Factory Productions, production company.
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Kino Świat International (Firm), production company.
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Mazowieckim i Warszawskim Funduszem Filmowym, production company
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Di Factory (Firm), production company.
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Bayerischer Rundfunk, production company.
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Association relative à la télévision européenne, production company.wska, Małgorzata, film director.
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Kino Lorber (Firm),
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Kanopy (Firm)
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