Movie

Barrier

1966 · 77 min

A drifting, dreamlike trudge through grey postwar city life, more mood and gesture than story, asking patience and rewarding it with odd poetry.

Overview: A dream-like meditation on post-industrial life in Communist Poland.
How it feels: Melancholic, eerie, satirical and whimsical. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Identity, ambition, love, isolation
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 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: identity
ambition
love
isolation
class
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild