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Forgotten Love (film) (2023)

Forgotten Love (film) poster
Original title
Znachor
Directed by
Michał Gazda
Genre
drama film, romance film
Country
Poland
Runtime
2h 20m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
7.8 of 10 from 362 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A respected surgeon loses his memory after a violent attack and becomes a wandering healer. He takes up with a kind woman and helps the poor, slowly piecing together his past and the family he left behind.

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What happens

Forgotten Love (Polish: Znachor, translated as "The Quack") is a 2023 Polish drama film directed by Michał Gazda. It is an adaptation of the novel Znachor by Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz with Leszek Lichota in the main character role. This is the third film adaptation of Dołęga-Mostowicz's novel; the previous ones were created in 1937 and 1981. The film was produced by Netflix. It premiered September 27, 2023, and became one of the most-watched movies of the week as well as the fourth most-watched movie worldwide. On September 20-25, 2023, the movie had its pre-premiere screenings in Toruń, Krasnystaw, Wałbrzych, Kalisz, Lidzbark Warmiński and Stargard in Poland. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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