A Magical Journey

Original title: Polina i tayemnyzia kinostudiyi

2019
1h 34m

IMDb RATING

4.5/10

226

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Polina Pechenenko in A Magical Journey (2019)

A Magical Journey is a story of an 11-year-old orphan who escapes from home in search of the truth about herself and her family. She has less than 24 hours before midnight of her 12th birthday to figure out the puzzle of events through imaginary worlds to avoid the nasty intentions of her aunt and cousin.

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Polina, 11-year-old girl, embarks on a magical journey to find the truth about her past and her family.Polina, 11-year-old girl, embarks on a magical journey to find the truth about her past and her family.Polina, 11-year-old girl, embarks on a magical journey to find the truth about her past and her family.

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IMDb RATING

4.5/10

226

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
Olias Barco and Thierry Arbogast had the idea of the film for a while - a fantasy about a young girl, who encounters a magical world of cinema. They had a few castings across the Europe to look for the right girl, but without success. Until, accidentally, Polina Pechenenko was discovered in Kyiv, Ukraine, at the FILM.UA studio, where now movie is being filmed.

Goofs
After Polina exits the war set (Stage 1), after learning that the piece of the picture she found came from someone on Stage 3. She runs away from the set. You can see that the Stage she is running from has a sign that says "Stage 3". Cut to shot of her cousin, who is chasing her. Cut back to Polina and now she is running toward "Stage 3" without turning around.

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Featured review

9/10

Very well done!

I mean in all honesty it is not the best but it isn't half bad either and it's definitely worth the watch. Once this movie gets to it and it does have a bit of a slow start but once you get to the plot, it really begins to all unfold in a timely manner and all the pieces begin to come together there's some great shots some really good cinematic storyline, and the film in its entirety really gets the message across. So those that have the type of interest in the subject you should definitely take a look at it and see how it affects you. I mean I would definitely recommend this film to you definitely keep an open mind and when it comes to independent filmmaking, you have to keep in mind that the directors or Director has a vision and you have to try to get in their shoes to have the full understanding.