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Apolonia, Apolonia

2023 · 116 min

An intimate, slow-burning portrait that immerses you in the textures of an artist's life over years, feeling both tender and quietly melancholic.

Directed by
Lea Glob
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Apolonia Sokol, Oksana Shachko, Alexandra Tlolka
Overview
When Danish filmmaker Lea Glob first portrayed Apolonia Sokol in 2009, she appeared to be leading a storybook life. The talented Apolonia was born in an underground theater in Paris and grew up in an artists’ community—the ultimate bohemian existence. In her 20s, she studied at the Beaux-Arts de Paris, one of the most prestigious art academies in Europe. Over the years, Lea Glob kept returning to film the charismatic Apolonia and a special bond developed between the two young women.

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Directed by
Lea Glob
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Apolonia Sokol, Oksana Shachko, Alexandra Tlolka
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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • art
  • identity
  • coming-of-age
  • friendship
  • ambition
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism9
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
documentary
Directed by
Lea Glob
Written by
Lea Glob
Starring
Apolonia Sokol, Oksana Shachko, Alexandra Tlolka, Hervé Breuil, Stefan Simchowitz, Mike White, Lea Glob
Music
Jonas Struck
Cinematography
Lea Glob
Runtime
116 min
Country
Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Netherlands, Poland
Languages
Danish, English, French, Polish

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