Polis

A wordless, hypnotic drift through a city's ceaseless building and unbuilding, equal parts unsettling and beautiful.

Directed by

Marcos Pimentel

Genres

Documentary

Tagline

An ordinary day in any ordinary city.

Overview

The horror and sublime of the urban environment are in constant change, in a time where nothing is finished or definite. Construction and destruction, systole and diastole are expressed in the poetics of the contemporary polis.

How it feels

Eerie, melancholic and dark. Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Environment, isolation, identity, power

Content

Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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