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Waldemar KrzystekKuvaus:
Arkadiusz TomiakSävellys:
Maciej ZielińskiNäyttelijät:
Tatyana Arntgolts, Aleksandr Baluev, Sonia Bohosiewicz, Adam Woronowicz, Artyom Tkachenko, Dmitri Ulyanov, Agata Buzek, Tomasz Kot, Alyona Babenko (lisää)Juonikuvaukset(1)
A mysterious serial killer who has been nicknamed The Photographer is terrorizing the city of Mos-cow. The police are trying to catch him with the help of Natasha, the only woman to survive one of his attacks. Why did he allow her to live? The trail takes them from Moscow to Poland and further into the past. Natasha, with the help of a Polish detective follows clues that lead them to Red Army top-secret archives where they uncover secrets that should have been long forgotten. The film is loosely based on real events and reflect the sensitive nature of Polish-Russian relations. (Days of European Film)
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At the start, I didn’t really get why the Polish would shoot a movie with Russian actors and in a Russian environment. But then the story steered towards Poland and everything started to make sense. If you’re expecting a movie about a mass murderer the likes of Se7en, don’t. This is a regular European masochism in an absolutely realistic form. And since the Polish are good at a whole range of genres nowadays, they couldn’t have screwed this up. I’m only denying them one star for the momentary abstruseness of the story that they, however, managed to clear up later.
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I am extremely glad that I did not include Fotograf in the Challenge Tour, because it would have been very unfair to other countries - the Poles would simply win it, I want it to be more interesting. Fotograf is absolutely captivating, intelligent film that combines elements of psychological drama, thriller, and crime, and requires the viewer's 100% concentration from the first to the last minute. Those who went to see this film after a hard day at work or in a bad mental state couldn't catch up. At times, I was so tense that I didn't even breathe and I absorbed new and new information that illuminated a terrifying past, sending chills down my spine. My first impression of the conclusion was a great disappointment, but after a while, it was replaced by satisfaction that it actually had to end this way, that's how it's right. The detective lover in me immediately woke up, overwhelmed by the lover of quality films, where literalness is not necessary. Our Polish friends are giving us some serious lessons in filmmaking. And in today's turbulent times, I am glad that we have the opportunity to see the excellent result of Polish-Russian cultural cooperation and watch how they playfully interact in the film.
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Polish and Russian relations have been burdened by centuries of mutual rivalry, which, in the modern era, underwent a fundamental shift in the balance of power in Eastern Europe, greatly favoring the tsarist empire and resulting in the long-term loss of Polish independence and the tormenting experience of Poles with a repressive, backward, and poorly governed state. It is even more surprising that the film is set in present-day Russia and that the overwhelming majority of dialogues are in Russian. It doesn't make sense to approach The Photographer as a typical crime story about an elusive phantom leaving behind ruined human lives. It is much more a mysterious story through which the authors return to the recent past and shed light on the essence of the functioning of the Soviet system and its impact on society as a whole. Don't be discouraged by the absurd elements or confusing genre categorization. This is a strong and originally shot film about an individual who initially wanted to perfectly conform to the system, only to subsequently rebeliously defy it in a peculiar and cruel way. As an added bonus, we also get the interesting and unconventional Taťjana Arntgolc. She is a discovery for me, and I hope to have the opportunity to admire her acting in a decent blockbuster sometime. Overall impression: 80%.
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