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Urodziny

2011 · 25 min

A quiet, uneasy chamber piece that lingers on small regrets, mixing dry humor with a creeping sense of dread.

Directed by: Maciej Sobieszczański
Genres: Drama
Starring: Maciej Marczewski, Krzysztof Globisz, Dorota Kolak

Overview: Szymon, a thirty-year-old doctor with a girlfriend, a car and a mortgaged flat, feels a growing sense of impending disaster. After his birthday party he reviews the day’s regrets—especially the saga of Rysiek, his family’s unwilling tenant—and sees in his father’s weakness a warning of his own potential failure, blending humor with existential unease.

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Directed by: Maciej Sobieszczański
Genres: Drama
Starring: Maciej Marczewski, Krzysztof Globisz, Dorota Kolak

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 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: identity
family
guilt
class
parenthood
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	1
Humour	4
Realism	8
Romance	2
Tension	5
Darkness	6
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Maciej Sobieszczański
Starring: Maciej Marczewski, Krzysztof Globisz, Dorota Kolak, Katarzyna Dąbrowska
Runtime: 25 min
Country: Poland
Languages: Polish

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