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Screen Tests

1977 · 99 min

A slow, naturalistic and quietly melancholic drama about young people and their fragile dreams, offering an intimate and somewhat demanding viewing experience.

Directed by: Paweł Kędzierski, Jerzy Domaradzki
Genres: Drama
Starring: Daria Trafankowska, Andrzej Pieczyński, Mirosława Marcheluk

Overview: Three-part film centered around a film being made by a group of young directors. In the first a working-class girl finishes school and has her first love affair, which ends badly. In the second a provincial boy with dreams of life in the theater has an affair with his boss' wife. They meet during the film's screen tests.

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Directed by: Paweł Kędzierski, Jerzy Domaradzki
Genres: Drama
Starring: Daria Trafankowska, Andrzej Pieczyński, Mirosława Marcheluk

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: coming-of-age
love
ambition
class
identity
Places: workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	1
Humour	2
Realism	7
Romance	4
Tension	4
Darkness	6
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Paweł Kędzierski, Jerzy Domaradzki, Agnieszka Holland
Written by: Paweł Kędzierski, Feliks Falk, Agnieszka Holland, Jerzy Domaradzki
Starring: Daria Trafankowska, Andrzej Pieczyński, Mirosława Marcheluk, Urszula Modrzyńska, Zbigniew Bielski, Sława Kwaśniewska, Aleksander Maciejewski, Bogdan Bentyn
Cinematography: Jacek Zygadlo
Runtime: 99 min
Country: Poland
Languages: Polish

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