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Before Twilight (2008)

Before Twilight poster
Original title
Jeszcze nie wieczór
Directed by
Jacek Bławut
Genre
drama film, comedy film
Country
Poland
Runtime
1h 36m
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of retired theatre actors living in a retirement home decide to put on a production of Goethe's Faust. They work together to regain their purpose and passion for performing.

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What happens

Before Twilight (Polish: Jeszcze nie wieczór) is a 2008 Polish comedy drama film directed by Jacek Bławut. The film is about a group of old retired theatre actors in a retirement home for actors who aim to regroup and stage Goethe's Faust. The film stars a number of esteemed veteran Polish actors including Irena Kwiatkowska and Roman Kłosowski, who plays Nostradamus. The film, produced in 2008, was featured at the 2008 Polish Feature Film Festival where it won a Silver Lion award for director Jacek Bławut and picked up several other awards. It was later released theatrically in Poland on 15 May 2009. The Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra were invited to perform part of the soundtrack. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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