Pornography (2003)

Original title

Pornografia

Directed by

Jan Jakub Kolski

Genre

drama film, war film

Country

France, Poland

Runtime

1h 57m

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 30 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II, two older men conspire to manipulate young people into committing acts of violence and erotic games. The story explores guilt, manipulation, and the corruption of youth under the pressure of war.

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What happens

Pornografia is a 2003 Polish-language film directed by Jan Jakub Kolski. It is based on the 1960 novel of the same name by Witold Gombrowicz, set in Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II. A Polish-French co-production, the film touches on themes such as European society of the 1940s as a whole, conspiracy theories, guerrilla warfare, the Nazi invasion, murder, suicide, as well as eroticism, guilt, and manipulation of youth by adults. The score, composed by Zygmunt Konieczny, won the Georges Delerue Award at Film Fest Gent in 2003. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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