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Damaged

2015

A slow, thoughtful unearthing of family secrets that mixes wry humour with a lingering sense of guilt and unease.

Directed by
Filip Bajon
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Starring
Krystyna Janda, Katarzyna Figura, Maja Ostaszewska
Overview
Rainer Dulsky, a professor of psychiatry from Switzerland, comes to Melania, the granddaughter of Mrs. Dulska. He feels he’s got something in common with the tenement house in which the Dulski family live... Melania, a film director, intrigued by her family history joins Rainer in his research. Their discoveries will take them back to the past full of secrets that were meant to stay hidden forever. The Dulski family have much on their conscience...

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Directed by
Filip Bajon
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Starring
Krystyna Janda, Katarzyna Figura, Maja Ostaszewska
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • warmstrength 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
  • memory
  • guilt
  • family
  • identity
  • deception
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
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
Horror1
Humour4
Realism7
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, comedy
Directed by
Filip Bajon
Written by
Filip Bajon
Starring
Krystyna Janda, Katarzyna Figura, Maja Ostaszewska, Katarzyna Herman, Władysław Kowalski, Olgierd Łukaszewicz, Sławomir Orzechowski, Sebastian Fabijański
Country
Poland
Languages
English, Polish

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