A Short Film About Love (1988)
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Reviews Counted:13
Fresh:13
Rotten:0
Average Rating:8.3/10
Runtime: 83 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
Synopsis: In this complex character study about desire and obsession, young Tomek (Olaf Lubaszenko) becomes fixated on his neighbor Magda (Grazyna Szapolowska). After his spying on her leads to more... [More]
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Reviews for A Short Film About Love
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A Short Film About Love, despite its title, has more to do with guilt and remorse and manipulation; it might not be about love at all. Full Review |
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9/10 |
Far more compelling and beautiful than the Dekalog episode which shares its story. Full Review |
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4/4 |
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It's an absolutely stunning film that blows you away with its droll humor and its uncovering of sublime emotional truths. Full Review |
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3.5/5 |
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4/5 |
Its picture of a world where people spy on one another reverberates with a post-cold-war paranoia, evoking the chilling notion that privacy, like love, may also be just an illusion. Full Review |
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4.5/5 |
A creepy adolescent (Olaf Lubaszenko) obsessively spies on an older woman (Grazyna Szapolowska) until a strange symbiosis develops between the two. Full Review |
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3/4 |
It's well-crafted and satisfying, even if it lacks the depth of Red. Full Review |
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Overall, Kieslowski has crafted a compelling portrait of love, that weed that forces its strange way through life's hardest cement. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
Some of the new footage feels like unnecessary outtakes, but Kieslowski also changes certain edits around. Full Review |
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A remarkable 1988 Polish feature expanded by Krzysztof Kieslowski from his film The Decalogue. Full Review |
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For the characters in this film, love is a feeling of attachment and necessity, an emotion that is potentially harmful. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
It speaks with the tranquility of a parable. Full Review |
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