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Brunet Will Call

1976 · 90 min

A gently absurd comic mystery where a mundane evening spirals into paranoid farce, full of deadpan Polish humour and small mishaps.

Directed by
Stanisław Bareja
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Krzysztof Kowalewski, Wojciech Pokora, Janina Traczykówna
Overview
Modest editor, has shipped his wife and kids for the weekend, and is trying to relax in his house at the outskirts of Warsaw. His quiet evening is only disturbed by the accidental forecast made by a Gypsy woman, that at evening time he will murder a mysterious brunet.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Stanisław Bareja
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Krzysztof Kowalewski, Wojciech Pokora, Janina Traczykówna
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • fate
  • mystery
  • deception
  • family
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour7
Realism7
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness3
Complexity5
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
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Written by
Stanisław Tym, Stanisław Bareja
Starring
Krzysztof Kowalewski, Wojciech Pokora, Janina Traczykówna, Wiesław Gołas, Bohdan Łazuka, Ryszard Pietruski, Bożena Dykiel, Jan Kobuszewski
Music
Waldemar Kazanecki
Cinematography
Wiesław Zdort
Runtime
90 min
Country
Poland
Languages
Polish

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