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A zootechnician visits a remote farm, developing relationships with tragic consequences, and 1982 during Martial Law, as investigators reconstruct the 1978 crime scene to solve a multiple mu... Read allA zootechnician visits a remote farm, developing relationships with tragic consequences, and 1982 during Martial Law, as investigators reconstruct the 1978 crime scene to solve a multiple murder case involving the zootechnician.A zootechnician visits a remote farm, developing relationships with tragic consequences, and 1982 during Martial Law, as investigators reconstruct the 1978 crime scene to solve a multiple murder case involving the zootechnician.
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This is very grim, we see lives of poverty and desperation and brutality.
There acting is good, everyone delivers from Srodon as a likable coward to the bullying police officers.
The pace is quite slow, there is a lot of build up since both plot threads are worked out in parallel and we have to wait until both are ready before the pace can increase, this made it hard to watch in the beginning but it's worth persisting.
Both threads are dark and have a few twists.
There is a bit of humour, some drunken humour in the past thread and some more gallows humour in the current time thread.
The ending is very dark and surprising, and has a couple of extra twists.
There acting is good, everyone delivers from Srodon as a likable coward to the bullying police officers.
The pace is quite slow, there is a lot of build up since both plot threads are worked out in parallel and we have to wait until both are ready before the pace can increase, this made it hard to watch in the beginning but it's worth persisting.
Both threads are dark and have a few twists.
There is a bit of humour, some drunken humour in the past thread and some more gallows humour in the current time thread.
The ending is very dark and surprising, and has a couple of extra twists.
This is an astounding film, bleak, grim, more than gritty and for those of us who were not brought up in an Eastern Bloc country a remarkable insight into the machinations of small town corruption Polish style.
Films like this should be seen by a wider audience, it was a captivating experience to sit and view the inner workings of this elaborate (sometimes overly) story.
There was just too much 'going on' in the story and some of it could have been left on the cutting room floor to give a tighter film, but that is a small critique of what is a disturbing look back at communism at 'street level'
If you like your cinema real...don't miss the opportunity to see this slice of Polish communistic vodka sodden culture.
Films like this should be seen by a wider audience, it was a captivating experience to sit and view the inner workings of this elaborate (sometimes overly) story.
There was just too much 'going on' in the story and some of it could have been left on the cutting room floor to give a tighter film, but that is a small critique of what is a disturbing look back at communism at 'street level'
If you like your cinema real...don't miss the opportunity to see this slice of Polish communistic vodka sodden culture.
I've decided to write this short review when I saw the previous one.
What you need to understand before watching this movie is that it's about difficult and dark times in Polish history - before the Soviet Union collapse, when Poland was under it's heel.
It's not meant to be funny despite some other reviewers. This is a movie about good people making difficult choices, about people without hope and about people trying to make most of bad situation. It shows how ruthless and corrupt the government was and how one couldn't win with it if he tried.
It's not a movie for everyone. Even the younger generations of Polish might have a problem understanding this film as they can't relate to the passed times. But what is shown here was the reality in many countries of former Eastern Block and is true in many others even now.
What you need to understand before watching this movie is that it's about difficult and dark times in Polish history - before the Soviet Union collapse, when Poland was under it's heel.
It's not meant to be funny despite some other reviewers. This is a movie about good people making difficult choices, about people without hope and about people trying to make most of bad situation. It shows how ruthless and corrupt the government was and how one couldn't win with it if he tried.
It's not a movie for everyone. Even the younger generations of Polish might have a problem understanding this film as they can't relate to the passed times. But what is shown here was the reality in many countries of former Eastern Block and is true in many others even now.
In 1978, in Poland, Edward Srodon (Arkadiusz Jakubik) loses his beloved wife that had a brain hemorrhage and becomes alcoholic. He decides to sell everything, leave the town and begin a new life in another place. His bus breaks on the road, and he walks in the rain until a farm to ask for shelter. Zdzislaw Dziabas (Marian Dziedziel) and his woman, Bozena Dziabasowa (Kinga Preis), welcome Srodon and he drinks with Dziabas, who shows where he manufactures his moonshine. Srodon proposes Dziabas to increase his production of the booze to sell to the soviets and they calculate how much they need to produce. Srodon shows his money and spends the night in the bed of Dziabas' son. During the night, he goes to the toilet and Dziabas and Bozena stab the son in the dark instead of Srodon in a night of murders. In 1982, the prosecutor and a team of police officers reconstitute the night to check what happened in that night.
"Dom zly" (2009), a.k.a "The Dark House", is a weird and bizarre low budget-movie. Indeed, it is one of the worst movies ever made. The screenplay in two periods, 1978 and 1982, does not work well. The locations are awful, with an ugly cast and dirty people that drink all the time. The police officers are alcoholic and most of them corrupt. The movie is totally overrated in IMDb, and I was lured by the title associated to the rating and reviews. My vote is two.
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"Dom zly" (2009), a.k.a "The Dark House", is a weird and bizarre low budget-movie. Indeed, it is one of the worst movies ever made. The screenplay in two periods, 1978 and 1982, does not work well. The locations are awful, with an ugly cast and dirty people that drink all the time. The police officers are alcoholic and most of them corrupt. The movie is totally overrated in IMDb, and I was lured by the title associated to the rating and reviews. My vote is two.
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This movie is telling a story that could happen anywhere - if anywhere is Poland or any other communist country. The way how the things happen will remind you that the human kind has its dark side that comes out way too easily! From my point of view it is one of the most interesting new polish movies, the plot is not obvious - or at least how it goes is not, it has integrity and all the right elements any movie should have. My only complaint would be that there are to many side stories included to the main story. Not all are relevant, and some quite hard to digest and understand.
If you like strong and heavy stuff - that makes you think about the condition of the human kind, you will find some in this movie.
I can recommend this title if you would like to see (or just remind yourself) how the things were done in communist Poland.
If you like strong and heavy stuff - that makes you think about the condition of the human kind, you will find some in this movie.
I can recommend this title if you would like to see (or just remind yourself) how the things were done in communist Poland.
Did you know
- TriviaThe film is located in Bielanka, polish village in Beskid Niski.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Bird Talk (2019)
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- Budget
- €1,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $1,222,530
- Runtime
- 1h 45m(105 min)
- Color
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- 1.85 : 1
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