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Short film

Rola

1971 · 25 min

A quiet, austere chamber piece that asks patience and rewards it with a slow, uneasy meditation on age and performance.

Genres
Drama, Tv movie
Overview
An actor visits his father in a nursing home to study his mannerisms in preparations for the role of Faust.
How it feels
Slow-burning and demanding.
About
Aging, family, identity, art
Content
No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
Note
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    Places
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action0
    Horror1
    Humour1
    Realism8
    Romance0
    Tension3
    Darkness5
    Complexity7
    Emotional weight6

    Cast

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    Details

    Genres
    drama, tv movie
    Directed by
    Krzysztof Zanussi
    Written by
    Krzysztof Zanussi
    Starring
    Jan Kreczmar, Daniel Olbrychski, Anna Milewska, Jan Ciecierski, Jadwiga Colonna-Walewska, Artur Kwiatkowski, Kazimierz Koziołkiewicz, Alina Żeliska
    Cinematography
    Jan Hesse
    Runtime
    25 min
    Country
    Germany, Poland
    Languages
    Polish

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