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Mall Girls

2009 · 77 min

A raw, unsettling plunge into teenage desperation, where consumerist dreams curdle into exploitation and quiet dread lingers.

Directed by: Kasia Rosłaniec
Genres: Drama
Starring: Anna Karczmarczyk, Dagmara Krasowska, Dominika Gwit

Overview: Shopping malls — today's place of creating desires. Best jewelry, clothes, shoes. Unaffordable by young girls, but they "work" to get themselves sponsors for new items.

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Directed by: Kasia Rosłaniec
Genres: Drama
Starring: Anna Karczmarczyk, Dagmara Krasowska, Dominika Gwit

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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 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: class
coming-of-age
isolation
greed
identity
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language strong
Violence mild
Sex strong

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Humour	2
Realism	9
Romance	2
Tension	6
Darkness	8
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Kasia Rosłaniec
Written by: Kasia Rosłaniec
Starring: Anna Karczmarczyk, Dagmara Krasowska, Dominika Gwit, Magdalena Ciurzynska, Izabela Kuna, Artur Barciś, Ewa Kolasińska-Szramel, Izabela Dąbrowska
Music: O.S.T.R.
Cinematography: Witold Stok
Runtime: 77 min
Country: Poland
Languages: Polish

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