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Back to Those Days

2021 · 109 min

A quiet, painful coming-of-age memory piece that slowly tightens around you as a family's fragile happiness curdles.

Genres
Drama
Overview
Tomek lives only with his mother, because his father, Alek, left for the USA to earn some money. Unexpectedly, the man arrives home with a bunch of presents but no explanation as to why he has come back. Everybody seems happy but something is in the air.

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 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
  • family
  • addiction
  • coming-of-age
  • grief
  • betrayal
Places
  • small town
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour3
Realism8
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Konrad Aksinowicz
Written by
Konrad Aksinowicz
Starring
Teodor Koziar, Maciej Stuhr, Weronika Książkiewicz-Nathaniel, Kacper Janusiński, Marek Marchewa, Oliwia Gołębiowska, Szymon Ożga, Zuzanna Tomczyk
Music
Marcin Masecki
Cinematography
Jakub Jakielaszek
Runtime
109 min
Country
Poland
Languages
English, Polish

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