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Drowsiness

2008 · 105 min

A quiet, somber Polish drama that drifts between its characters' malaise and small hopes, asking patience and rewarding it with melancholy intimacy.

Directed by
Magdalena Piekorz
Genres
Drama
Starring
Małgorzata Kożuchowska, Michał Żebrowski, Krzysztof Zawadzki
Overview
The emotional inertia and chaos affecting a narcoleptic woman, a fatally ill writer and a gay doctor, and their attempts to escape from their dead-end situations.

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Directed by
Magdalena Piekorz
Genres
Drama
Starring
Małgorzata Kożuchowska, Michał Żebrowski, Krzysztof Zawadzki
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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • isolation
    • identity
    • death
    • healing
    Places
    None
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
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    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror1
    Humour2
    Realism8
    Romance3
    Tension4
    Darkness6
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight7

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    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Magdalena Piekorz
    Written by
    Wojciech Kuczok
    Starring
    Małgorzata Kożuchowska, Michał Żebrowski, Krzysztof Zawadzki, Joanna Orleańska, Rafał Maćkowiak, Bartosz Obuchowicz, Dorota Pomykała, Anna Tomaszewska
    Music
    Adrian Konarski
    Cinematography
    Marcin Koszałka
    Runtime
    105 min
    Country
    Poland
    Languages
    Polish

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