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It's 1982: Poland is under martial law, and Solidarity is banned. Ulla, a translator working on Orwell, suddenly loses her husband, Antek, an attorney. She is possessed by her grief, and Antek continues to appear to her. She seeks to free herself in her work, in her relationship with her son, in sex, and in hypnosis. In a subplot, Ulla refers the wife of one of her husband's clients - Darek, a jailed Solidarity strike organizer - to Labrador, a world-weary, aging attorney, who works to free Darek by various political manipulations and psychological ploys.
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Showing posts with label suicide. Show all posts
Showing posts with label suicide. Show all posts
04 January 2019
Bez końca / No End (by Krzysztof Kieślowski)
Labels:
communism,
death,
dialogue,
drama,
family,
feature film,
live action,
love,
obsession,
politics,
relationships,
sad,
suicide,
totalitarism
20 June 2017
The Continuing and Lamentable Saga of the Suicide Brothers (by Arran Brownlee, Corran Brownlee)
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Rupert Friend and Tom Mison co-write this visually arresting short film that mixes live action with computer generated imagery to tell the tale of two brothers with a most unusual death wish.
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Labels:
animated,
black humor,
boredom,
CGI,
dance,
death,
fairy tale,
fantasy,
food,
funny,
live action,
obsession,
short,
suicide,
surrealistic,
vintage,
without dialogue
20 February 2017
Polish Legends. Twardowsky 2.0 (by Tomasz Bagiński)
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Twardowsky is heading to the border of the Solar System. Can he make it? The Devil, and his hunter - Lucy are right behind him. Can desperate Polish astronaut win with his fiendish opponents?
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Labels:
action,
CGI,
chase,
devil,
dialogue,
fairy tale,
funny,
hell,
live action,
loneliness,
magic,
parody,
science fiction,
short,
space travel,
spaceships,
suicide
02 February 2013
Yellow Belly End (by Philip Bacon)
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An enormous cliff top, blue skies, multiple deaths and a man keeping a meticulous note of it all.
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Labels:
animated,
death,
disturbing,
drama,
fantasy,
hand-drawn,
short,
suicide,
without dialogue
05 January 2013
The End (by Cameron McHarg)
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A desperate man tries to end his life. Will he succeed... in the end?
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Labels:
apocalypse,
black humor,
dialogue,
drama,
funny,
live action,
short,
suicide
06 December 2012
Fifty Percent Grey (by Ruairi Robinson)
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Sergeant wakes up alone with only a widescreen TV for company, in a place designed for him to relax in peace and tranquility, for all eternity...
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05 December 2012
Act Of Faith (by Alan Moore & Mitch Jenkins)
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It's raining in Northampton and Faith Harrington has Friday evening ahead of her, her favourite outfit and her favourite face, her top tunes shimmering on the CD player: "When the lamp burns low on the bureau, even though I'm far from you..."
In a curtain-raiser prelude to their forthcoming short film Jimmy's End, Alan Moore and Mitch Jenkins, with Siobhan Hewlett, introduce us to a world of unfamiliar atmospheres, precarious entertainments, and insidious detail. Act of Faith unveils an isolated corner of the modern night, where carrion crows become the only comforters and it's a quarter to eternity... |
Labels:
death,
dialogue,
disturbing,
drama,
live action,
sad,
short,
suicide
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