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Yesterday

1985 · 87 min

A warm, wistful nostalgia trip through small-town youth, where friendship and music matter more than the future closing in.

Directed by: Radosław Piwowarski
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Music
Starring: Piotr Siwkiewicz, Anna Kaźmierczak, Andrzej Zieliński

Overview: Set in the 60's in a provincial town: four high school teenagers approach graduation, but all they think about are The Beatles.

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Directed by: Radosław Piwowarski
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Music
Starring: Piotr Siwkiewicz, Anna Kaźmierczak, Andrzej Zieliński

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: coming-of-age
friendship
music
identity
freedom
Places: small town
school
Era: period
Audience: teen
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	2
Horror	0
Humour	5
Realism	8
Romance	4
Tension	3
Darkness	3
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: comedy, drama, music
Directed by: Radosław Piwowarski
Written by: Radosław Piwowarski
Starring: Piotr Siwkiewicz, Anna Kaźmierczak, Andrzej Zieliński, Krzysztof Majchrzak, Krystyna Feldman, Henryk Bista, Waldemar Ignaczak, Robert Piechota
Music: Jerzy Matula
Cinematography: Witold Adamek
Runtime: 87 min
Country: Poland
Languages: Polish

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