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5/10
Whatever ending can't save this film
babysherry-9914126 March 2020
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I'm interested in taboo relationship film, while most of them are not as good as I expected, but this one is way too bad... I should've trusted the ratings. This is my second time to write a review on IMDb (actually it's the third time, but somehow my second review on a short film doesn't show up), just to let other viewers know a bit more about this movie.

To me, it is a complete waste of time. I wouldn't call it a bad movie, but it is so shallow. The description (and probably also the director's intention) says it's a sister/brother incest film, something like that, but the film didn't involve too much about it.

I would say it's more like a movie about middle/lower class people who try to get through their days. The director seems like he/she wants to talk about many things, but ends up talking about NOTHING. Well, the only thing I feel from the movie is that women are not treated well there. I have been to Poland myself, and I know that in Eastern Europe women have lower status than men, though it wasn't that obvious as the movie showed.

Let me summarize this movie: the older sister has an unfaithful boyfriend who use her to have higher social status (ask her to sleep with an important guy), and she doesn't care much about her half-brother who seems to have a crush on her, but she couldn't afford the rent and doesn't want to be alone, so she asked him to stay. The younger brother has feelings how his sister, but the movie didn't show that very ambiguously. A Gypsis girl liked that younger brother and wanted to marry him, she even helped him to get the money to pay for the rent, but he didn't care about her, so she married her dad's friend who is a doctor and would be able to fulfill her dream to become a doctor. The younger brother beat a fat guy (sorry I don't know who he is) after the fat guy told him some people set the fire on the Gypsis girl's wedding. In the end, the siblings sit in the dining room, silently. I don't even know what this ending means. The Gypsis girl's storyline is the best one in the film, it's a bit funny and naive, I feel a bit sad to see that she lost her hopes (to love and even the fate) in the end.

I don't think this movie worth you to waste your time watching. But if you want to see the cruel part of middle/low class life, maybe you can give this movie a chance, though I think there are many other better options.

I hope this helps. Even though it doesn't help, I hope you don't press the dislike button 🙏🏻
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6/10
The weirdest movie and the bloodiest concept
senthilthiyag15 September 2014
No one is perfect... It shows people as they are,and this film is not propaganda incest. on the contrary, it shows how bad it is and hard, and what consequences this may entail... not without purpose the whole atmosphere of the film is riddled with dark gray paint, greyness, gloominess and some despair as i said in the summary its a weirdest movie and the bloodiest concept, a boy comes to his town to live with his step sister but things got weird when we get to know that he loved her from her child hood time she tried to explain him but he behaves in childhood way , they showed it in the film in a realistic way even though its Polish movie every one can relate it to some extend
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7/10
Sister or brotherly ... love
kosmasp22 August 2021
Half sister or half brother it is. Still I can only imagine how wrong this feels to say the least for many. And I totally get that. Not that the movie is completely only focused on that. But the relationship is front and center when it comes to the siblings.

Other characters, possible lovers, are thrown in for good measure. And especially the brother has quite the other option ... I would say the better one, considering not just the relationship to his sister, but also the mental state of the characters ... but you can't choose love can you? Not even when she is in an abusive relationship.

By the way the dialog (subtitles) "we were looking over some papers, maybe I leaned in too much ..." is almost comedy gold ... in a different movie. Still have to admit that got to me. Worst excuse ever btw.
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7/10
Dangerous liaisons.
ulicknormanowen7 December 2021
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Incestuous sex has often be treated ,but this film somewhat renews the subject, pitting it against the outside world (the last picture is revealing , both siblings look like outcasts ,sitting at their table ,munching.pistachio ice cream)in a muffled manner.

Although Tadek always fantasizes about his sister ,she's no longer prepared to accept it :she longs for a "normal' relationship. While he was away ,she has begun a relationship with an apparently nice guy,with a genial smile, but actually a shady person ,a married man and a far right wing activist "who can get us a new stadium ". Tadek's jealousy knows no bounds as he sees his room taken from him by that intruder.

Irmina , a pretty young Rom girl ,is in love with Tadek who ,always smitten with his sibling , won't elope with her ,and anyway it will be soon too late ;Irmina ,too , does not enjoy a rosy life: she wants to be a doctor ,but his macho family ,in spite of their pride of her doing well at school , laughs at her ;twice a victim ,as a woman,and as part of a minority who lives on the fringes of society (several hateful attacks by the far right wing activists are shown).

The films ends with a double failure ;both siblings have come full circle and the it leaves us on an open ending.
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8/10
Worth watching
deathmetalhablo29 September 2021
Very good acting and interesting story. The side story with the gypsy and nationalsocialists was quite interesting, too.
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