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Leon

2023 · 81 min

A quiet, intimate portrait that lingers on grief and creative resilience, asking you to sit with its subject's eccentric world.

Overview
A biographical documentary about performer Leon Dziemaszkiewicz, where artistic creation, the passing of time and coping of loss blend over the death of his loved one, the famous fashion designer Thierry Mugler.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 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
  • grief
  • art
  • identity
  • aging
  • isolation
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour2
Realism9
Romance3
Tension2
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
documentary
Directed by
Wojciech Gostomczyk
Written by
Wojciech Gostomczyk
Starring
Leon K. Dziemaszkiewicz, Thierry Mugler
Cinematography
Marcin Sauter
Runtime
81 min
Country
Poland
Languages
Polish

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