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Franciszek Kalina returns to Poland after years of living abroad, alarmed that his younger brother is at odds with the residents of their village. Upon arrival, Franciszek discovers that the source of the dispute is a dark secret from years ago. The estranged brothers try to find out the truth. Their investigation only deepens the conflict, which turns into outright aggression. (Fresh Film Fest)

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Malarkey 

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Englisch Polish filmmakers once again showed off their skill and craft and made a brilliant drama that opens up a rather brutal Polish stigma from the war. And I must say that I’m really glad they opened it up even though the Polish don’t really like to be reminded of it. But national stigmata need to be accepted and people need to move on. If they are not talked about, they will remain unresolved and there will still be hatred within the nation. In our case, this was shown pretty well by Juraj Herz in Habermann’s Mill. War is simply a mess and it leads to the kind of stories you can see in this movie. After the movie was over, I wanted to give it five stars based on the topic itself. But I was a bit disappointed about the way they cut off the ending, and also when I thought about it, I had no idea how those tombstones got there in the first place. It was also quite funny that Franciszek kept wearing a suit everywhere he went… in the fields, in the marshes… couldn’t he have borrowed some regular clothes from his brother, like a pair of regular pants and a T-shirt? Apart from this, the movie is the bomb! Another gem made by Polish filmmakers and I guess it’s the most self-critical and most controversial topic I have seen them tackle so far. ()

claudel 

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Deutsch Ein sehr seltsamer Film, der nur sehr schwer zu bewerten und zu kommentieren ist. Ich habe etwas völlig anderes davon erwartet, die erste halbe Stunde kam mir schwungvoll und spannend vor, sie erweckte Neugier in mir, was sich wohl in der Vergangenheit der Figuren abgespielt haben musste. Dann aber entwickelte sich die Handlung in eine Richtung, die mir nicht mehr gefiel und gemischte Gefühle in mir hinterließ. Ich verstehe voll und ganz, dass es für die Polen wichtig war, einen Film mit einem solchen Thema zu drehen, doch in der Interpretation war das nicht ganz mein Geschmack, einschließlich der Lösung und des Schlusses. Ganz sicher ist das ein guter Film, doch für mich hat er kurz gesagt nicht ganz gepasst. ()