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Childish Questions

1981 · 97 min

A quiet, reflective drama that moves between memory and confinement, tracing how youthful ideals erode into compromise.

Directed by
Janusz Zaorski
Genres
Drama
Starring
Adam Ferency, Gustaw Holoubek, Mirosław Konarowski
Overview
A young architect is locked up in prison. He recalls his uncompromising youth and gradual sliding into the moral swamp of compromises. He was not alone. A group of his friends, dreamers and glass house builders, accompanied him.

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Directed by
Janusz Zaorski
Genres
Drama
Starring
Adam Ferency, Gustaw Holoubek, Mirosław Konarowski
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • betrayal
  • morality
  • isolation
  • memory
Places
  • prison
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Janusz Zaorski
Written by
Tomasz Zygadło
Starring
Adam Ferency, Gustaw Holoubek, Mirosław Konarowski, Agnieszka Mandat, Cezary Morawski, Krzysztof Zaleski, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Wojciech Alaborski
Cinematography
Edward Kłosiński
Runtime
97 min
Country
Poland
Languages
Polish

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