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Chrysanthemums

2016 · 30 min

A quiet, closely observed slice of life that settles you inside a young woman's small disappointments and slow reckoning.

Overview
The short film of four months in the life of newly graduated, Kinga. A graduate in Polish Linguistics, she returns to her hometown in high spirits, determined to find a job quickly and renew her bonds with the family she left behind a few years earlier when she went away to university.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 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
  • identity
  • work
  • coming-of-age
  • isolation
Places
  • small town
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism8
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Magdalena Zambrzycka-Pukaluk
Written by
Magdalena Zambrzycka-Pukaluk
Starring
Anna Andrzejewska, Sara Celler-Jezierska, Hanna Śleszyńska, Krzysztof Dracz, Maciej Tomaszewski, Magdalena Szczerbowska-Wojnarowska, Piotr Balicki, Krzysztof Grębski
Runtime
30 min
Country
Poland
Languages
Polish

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