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One Soul

2023 · 94 min

A quiet, sombre character study that finds tenderness in hardship, asking patience as it slowly reveals the emotional thaw of a hardened man.

Directed by: Łukasz Karwowski
Genres: Drama
Starring: Dawid Ogrodnik, Małgorzata Gorol, Dorota Kolak

Overview: Alojz is a Silesian miner with a strained relationship with his wife and kids. Those relations begin to flourish after he's left disabled, while rescuing a colleague from a dam burst.

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Directed by: Łukasz Karwowski
Genres: Drama
Starring: Dawid Ogrodnik, Małgorzata Gorol, Dorota Kolak

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
bleakstrength 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
healing
trauma
parenthood
redemption
Places: small town
home
hospital
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	3
Horror	1
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	3
Tension	4
Darkness	6
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Łukasz Karwowski
Written by: Łukasz Karwowski
Starring: Dawid Ogrodnik, Małgorzata Gorol, Dorota Kolak, Tomasz Schuchardt, Kamil Studnicki, Dariusz Chojnacki, Łukasz Makowski, Przemysław Adamski
Cinematography: Adam Bajerski
Runtime: 94 min
Country: Poland
Languages: Polish

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