Movie

Decalogue V

1989 · 57 min

A grim, methodical descent into violence and its cold institutional aftermath, watching it feels like a slow, suffocating moral weight.

Tagline: Thou shalt not kill.
Overview: Jacek, an angry drifter, murders a taxi driver, brutally and without motive. His case is assigned to Piotr, an idealistic young lawyer who is morally opposed to the death penalty, and their interactions take on an emotional honesty that throws into stark relief for Piotr the injustice of killing of any kind.
How it feels: Bleak, dark, tense and melancholic. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Justice, morality, death, guilt
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore and language. No sexual content.
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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: justice
morality
death
guilt
violence
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex none