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The Art of Loving: Story of Michalina Wislocka

2017 · 121 min

A warm, wry period drama that mixes bureaucratic wrangling with intimate flashbacks, feeling earnest and gently funny while carrying real emotional weight.

Directed by: Marysia Sadowska
Genres: Drama, Comedy, History
Starring: Magdalena Boczarska, Piotr Adamczyk, Justyna Wasilewska

Overview: Michalina Wislocka, the most famous and recognized sexologist of communist Poland, fights for the right to publish her book, which will change the sex life of Polish people forever.

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Directed by: Marysia Sadowska
Genres: Drama, Comedy, History
Starring: Magdalena Boczarska, Piotr Adamczyk, Justyna Wasilewska

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: gender
identity
freedom
love
politics
Places: big city
countryside
workplace
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: true story
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex strong

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Action	2
Horror	1
Humour	5
Realism	8
Romance	5
Tension	4
Darkness	4
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama, comedy, history
Directed by: Marysia Sadowska
Written by: Krzysztof Rak
Starring: Magdalena Boczarska, Piotr Adamczyk, Justyna Wasilewska, Eryk Lubos, Jaśmina Polak, Karolina Gruszka, Danuta Stenka, Arkadiusz Jakubik
Music: Jimek
Cinematography: Michał Sobociński
Runtime: 121 min
Country: Poland
Languages: German, Polish

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