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A Short Film About Love

1988 · 1h 27m · Not Rated Drama, Romance
Directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski

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19-year-old Tomek whiles away his lonely life by spying on his opposite neighbour Magda through binoculars. She's an artist in her mid-thirties, and appears to have everything - not least a constant stream of men at her beck and call. But when the two finally meet, they discover that they have a lot more in common than appeared at first sight...

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95%
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Fresh

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.

Stephen Holden, New York Times
Fresh

A remarkable 1988 Polish feature expanded by Krzysztof Kieslowski from his film The Decalogue.

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Fresh

It's well-crafted and satisfying, even if it lacks the depth of Red.

Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle

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