Movie

Wojaczek

1999 · 90 min

A raw, unsettling plunge into a self-destructive poet's mind, more feverish mood than tidy biography, and often hard to sit through.

Overview: Polish rebel Rafal Wojaczek writes poetry and lives life on the edge before his suicide in 1971.
How it feels: Dark, bleak, melancholic and tense. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Madness, art, death, addiction
Content: Strong language. Mild violence and sexual content. No gore.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: madness
art
death
addiction
isolation
Places: None
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language strong
Violence mild
Sex mild