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Silent Land

Cicha ziemia

2021

Agnieszka Woszczynska

Dobromir Dymecki, Agnieszka Zulewska, Jean-Marc Barr, Alma Jodorowsky ...

5.7

70

Drama A perfect couple rents a holiday home on a sunny Italian island. The reality does not live up to their expectations when they find out that the pool in the house is broken. Ignorant of the fact that the island faces water shortage, they ask for someone to fix it. The constant presence of a stranger invades the couple's idea of safety and starts a chain of events, which makes them act instinctively and irrationally, heading to the ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Jared Mobarak The Film Stage	"Woszczynska expertly plays with time and context"
		Gary M. Kramer Salon	"Woszczynska's potent film expertly plumbs the depths of denial"
		Leslie Felperin The Guardian	"Woszczynska's astringent cruelty is quite bracing, but the film’s austerity is hard going over the long haul and could have done with being a little funnier (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Kate Taylor The Globe and Mail	"The director's larger point is deployed with such subtlety that it creeps up on the viewer with devastating force"
		Jayne Nelson Radio Times	"['Silent Land']'s message about the rich exploiting the poor is hardly subtle but it's still effective (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Wendy Ide Screendaily	"Even before the story starts to unfold, Woszczyńska imbues a sense of foreboding"
		Ola Salwa Cineuropa	"Her film is like poetry itself –distilled, with every word used purposefully and carefully. However, 'Cicha ziemia' is not just observational, slow cinema; it's also a distinct and socially engaged whisper"

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