The main storyline of the film is under the almost square black and white picture, with a beautiful look, full of passion, hope, and a sense of perfect visual balance. In addition, this composition makes the protagonist seem to be a lonely existence in many cases. Joanna Kulig's performance is amazing. The heroine Zula she portrays is a complex character with multiple levels, and there are several huge changes in her mentality in the story. In the interaction with the actor Tomasz Kot, she contributed more chemical reactions. The whole movie is only 84 minutes long, but it will span ten years. This sense of vicissitudes is not very conspicuous in the black and white pictures and natural dialogue. But if the audience is interested, they can still catch clues in the change of location and the emotional changes of the characters
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The image of the film is extremely prominent. The 1:1.33 frame, clean black and white photography, and exquisite composition are a kind of enjoyment on the big screen. The director puts the 15-year story of the two people in a film length of more than 80 minutes, which is efficient, minimal, and memorable
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In addition to Pavlikowski’s textbook-level images, the rhythm of the film is also very good. This kind of goodness does not refer to a comfortable viewing experience, but to use appropriate discomfort to enhance the understanding of the theme, and time spans Clean and neat, using black screens to create white space again and again, these deliberate time blanks make the audience lose a lot of information, but this kind of discomfort complements the feeling of being blank with each other in their lives
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