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Little Rose

2010 · 118 min

A slow-burning, emotionally charged period drama where personal desire collides with political surveillance, leaving a lingering sense of betrayal and sadness.

Directed by
Jan Kidawa-Błoński
Genres
History, Drama, Romance
Starring
Andrzej Seweryn, Magdalena Boczarska, Robert Więckiewicz
Overview
Pressured by his superiors to disgrace public intellectual Warczewski, a professor and respected writer whom they believe to be a "camouflaged Zionist," rough security-services colonel Rozek enlists his sexy but naive girlfriend, Kamila, to insinuate herself into the distinguished older man's life and report on his every move. Not particularly interested in serving communism but eager to please her domineering lover, Kamila accepts the mission, reporting under the code name "Little Rose." As quick scenes contrast Kamila's crude pleasures with Rozek and her more refined experiences with Warczewski, it becomes clear that the more time the unschooled young woman spends with the professor, the more she comes to have true feelings for him.

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Directed by
Jan Kidawa-Błoński
Genres
History, Drama, Romance
Starring
Andrzej Seweryn, Magdalena Boczarska, Robert Więckiewicz
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • betrayal
  • love
  • politics
  • identity
  • obsession
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance6
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
history, drama, romance
Directed by
Jan Kidawa-Błoński
Written by
Jan Kidawa-Błoński, Maciej Karpiński
Starring
Andrzej Seweryn, Magdalena Boczarska, Robert Więckiewicz, Jacek Braciak, Grażyna Szapołowska, Jan Frycz, Izabela Olszewska, Krzysztof Globisz
Cinematography
Piotr Wojtowicz
Runtime
118 min
Country
Poland
Languages
Polish, French, Latin

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