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Pornography

2003 · 113 min

A slow, unsettling psychological game unfolds in a quiet manor, blending wartime tension with erotic manipulation and moral ambiguity.

Directed by: Jan Jakub Kolski
Genres: History, War, Romance
Starring: Krzysztof Majchrzak, Adam Ferency, Krzysztof Globisz

Overview: Two intellectuals, a writer and a director, begin to play a mysterious psychological game in a peaceful countryside manor house during the Nazi occupation.

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Directed by: Jan Jakub Kolski
Genres: History, War, Romance
Starring: Krzysztof Majchrzak, Adam Ferency, Krzysztof Globisz

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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: obsession
power
betrayal
guilt
war
Places: single country house
countryside
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex strong

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Action	2
Horror	3
Humour	2
Realism	6
Romance	4
Tension	6
Darkness	7
Complexity	8
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: history, war, romance
Directed by: Jan Jakub Kolski
Written by: Gérard Brach, Jan Jakub Kolski, Luc Bondy
Starring: Krzysztof Majchrzak, Adam Ferency, Krzysztof Globisz, Grażyna Błęcka-Kolska, Grzegorz Damięcki, Jan Frycz, Irena Laskowska, Sandra Samos
Music: Zygmunt Konieczny
Runtime: 113 min
Country: France, Poland
Languages: Polish

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