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Summary
A man and a woman meet in the ruins of post-war Poland. With vastly different backgrounds and temperaments, they are fatally mismatched and yet drawn to each other.
Good for
- Date night
- Friends night
- Teens
Skip it if
- You need an uplifting mood
- You want fast pacing
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+12)
Critics 91Audiences 79GoodWatch 85
Tomatometer92%
Metascore90
Audience score82%
Letterboxd · 193 K ratings4.0/5
User score7.9
IMDb7.5
Box office
3.8×its budget
- Budget
- $5 M
- Worldwide
- $19 M
Worldwide it earned $14 M more than it cost.
Running time
1 h 28 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 romances, −19 min on the typical 107
typical 10788Half of all romances run 97–122 min.
Reach
Streams in 23 countries, rent or buy in 94 more
+13Released
2018
June 8, 2018
8 years ago
Genres
RomanceMusicDramaLanguage
Polish
Original language
Also spoken
GermanCroatianFrenchItalianRussianMade in
- Poland
United Kingdom
France
Academy Awards2019
- Directing2019Nominated
- Cinematography2019Nominated
- Foreign Language Film2019Nominated
BAFTA Awards2019
- Best Film Not In The English Language2019Nominated
César Awards2019
- Best Foreign Film2019Nominated
Rated
- RUnited States
What's in it
- ViolenceMild
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityMild
- Dark themesStrong
Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFriends NightPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensDrop-in FriendlyThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 8 moreDirecting · 6
- Paweł Pawlikowski Director, Screenplay
- Hugo Le Gourrierec Second Assistant Director
- Mieszko Falana Assistant Director
- Karolina Foltyn Script Supervisor
- Jakub Wielecki Assistant Director
- Michaël Pierrard First Assistant Director
Writing · 3
- Janusz Głowacki Screenplay
- Piotr Borkowski Co-Writer
- Maria Pawlikowska Script Editor, Production Trainee
Production · 24
- Daniel Battsek Executive Producer
- Jeremy Gawade Executive Producer
- Lizzie Francke Executive Producer
- Rohit Khattar Executive Producer
- Nathanaël Karmitz Executive Producer
- John Woodward Executive Producer
Camera · 2
- Łukasz Żal Director of Photography
- Ernest Wilczyński Camera Operator
Editing · 1
- Jarosław Kamiński Editor
Sound · 6
- Łukasz Świerzawski Sound Designer, Sound Effects Editor
- Maciej Pawłowski Sound
- Marcin Masecki Music Arranger
- Grzegorz Koniarz Sound Effects Editor
- Mirosław Makowski Sound
- Grzegorz Sieradzki Sound Effects Editor
Art · 5
- Marcel Sławiński Production Design
- Katarzyna Sobańska Production Design
- Anna Woloszczuk Art Direction
- Ivana Patricia Đilas Čeranić Assistant Art Director
- Fabienne Guicheneuy Location Scout
Costume & Make-Up · 6
- Aleksandra Staszko Costume Design
- Anna Kieszczyńska Makeup Artist
- Magdalena Adamczyk Costume Assistant
- Waldemar Pokromski Makeup Designer
- Mirosława Wojtczak Makeup Artist
- Marie-christine Carpentier Makeup Artist
Visual Effects · 1
- Radosław Rekita VFX Supervisor
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