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Nightmares

1979 · 100 min

A sober, slow-burning coming-of-age drama about a boy ground down by authority, watched with quiet patience rather than pleasure.

Directed by
Wojciech Marczewski
Genres
Drama
Starring
Piotr Łysak, Tomasz Hudziec, Hanna Skarżanka
Overview
Set before the first World War in part of Poland under Austrian occupation, the story of a young boy in primary school who later grows up to become a rebellious, poetic-minded teen in the same school when the national movement toward liberation is under way. The story of a country where church and state work together to suppress the human spirit.

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Directed by
Wojciech Marczewski
Genres
Drama
Starring
Piotr Łysak, Tomasz Hudziec, Hanna Skarżanka
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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • coming-of-age
    • identity
    • power
    • rebellion
    • education
    Places
    • school
    • small town
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action2
    Horror2
    Humour2
    Realism8
    Romance2
    Tension4
    Darkness6
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight7

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Wojciech Marczewski
    Written by
    Pavel Hajný, Wojciech Marczewski
    Starring
    Piotr Łysak, Tomasz Hudziec, Hanna Skarżanka, Maria Chwalibóg, Teresa Marczewska, Bronisław Pawlik, Janusz Michałowski, Wiktor Sadecki
    Cinematography
    Wiesław Zdort
    Runtime
    100 min
    Country
    Poland
    Languages
    Polish

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