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An Immoral Story

1990 · 108 min

A slow, self-absorbed character study of a difficult woman, more uncomfortable than dramatic, watching ego collide with reality.

Overview
Told as a film within the film, the story concerns an aging actress. Ewa is a flamboyant, pushy actress whose career and love life have come to a dead end. She lives in a faceless housing development. She is totally engrossed in herself and dreams of making a comeback as a singer. But her overbearing personality time after time sets her into conflict with those she tries to work with in the theater and her bedroom.

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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
    • identity
    • ambition
    • obsession
    • isolation
    • aging
    Places
    • big city
    • workplace
    • home
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • nonlinear
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror1
    Humour3
    Realism8
    Romance3
    Tension4
    Darkness5
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight6

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Barbara Sass
    Written by
    Barbara Sass
    Starring
    Dorota Stalińska, Teresa Budzisz-Krzyżanowska, Michał Bajor, Marek Lewandowski, Olaf Lubaszenko, Henryk Bista, Jerzy Kryszak, Stanisława Celińska
    Cinematography
    Wiesław Zdort
    Runtime
    108 min
    Country
    Poland
    Languages
    Polish

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