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  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 43 m
  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 43 m

Summary Witold who has just failed the bar, and his companion Fuchs, who has recently quit his fashion job, are staying at a guesthouse run by the intermittently paralytic Madame Woytis. Upon discovering a sparrow hanged in the woods near the house, Witold's reality mutates into a whirlwind of tension, histrionics, foreboding omens, and surreali...

Directed By: Andrzej Zulawski

Written By: Witold Gombrowicz, Andrzej Zulawski

  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 43 m
  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 43 m

Cosmos

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 14 Critic Reviews
74
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 8 User Ratings
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Summary Witold who has just failed the bar, and his companion Fuchs, who has recently quit his fashion job, are staying at a guesthouse run by the intermittently paralytic Madame Woytis. Upon discovering a sparrow hanged in the woods near the house, Witold's reality mutates into a whirlwind of tension, histrionics, foreboding omens, and surreali...

Directed By: Andrzej Zulawski

Written By: Witold Gombrowicz, Andrzej Zulawski

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 14 Critic Reviews
74
86% Positive
12 Reviews
14% Mixed
2 Reviews
0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 14 Critic Reviews
74
86% Positive
12 Reviews
14% Mixed
2 Reviews
0% Negative
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100
Jun 17, 2016
Reality has never been this fun, even if it's frequently this random and hopeless. Better to take the oblong fantasy.
By Scout Tafoya FULL REVIEW
83
Jun 16, 2016
A filmmaker who values the power of shock, but not necessarily thrills for thrills’ sake, Żuławski elucidates material with tools that announce themselves in their presentation — surprising camera dollies, fast pans, sudden cuts, overly prominent music cues — and raise complex questions about their relation to one another.
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80
Aug 15, 2016
If self-aware, ultra-arch arthousery isn’t your bag, give it a miss. If you’re looking for a good, weird, often very funny time, don’t miss it.
By Tom Huddleston FULL REVIEW
75
Jun 16, 2016
It’s often hilarious, confounding and downright strange; if not the director’s most polished work, it nevertheless delivers a demented philosophical puzzle that’s fun to scrutinize in all of its baffling uncertainties.
By Eric Kohn FULL REVIEW
70
Jun 16, 2016
There is a real sense of poignancy and heartache in random scenes with Azema or Balmer and even if the film deliberately eschews easy comprehension it remains involving and intriguing enough to keep the viewer on board.
By Allan Hunter FULL REVIEW
63
Jun 13, 2016
Andrzej Zulawski's film experiment ranks somewhere between captivatingly off the wall and utterly exhausting.
By Jesse Cataldo FULL REVIEW
60
Jun 16, 2016
It is possible to appreciate Mr. Zulawski’s perverse ingenuity, and to miss his eye and voice, without quite succumbing to the strenuous charms and overcooked provocations of Cosmos.
By A.O. Scott FULL REVIEW

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5.8
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4 Ratings
38% Mixed
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13% Negative
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38% Mixed
3 Ratings
13% Negative
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Production Company Alfama Films, Leopardo Filmes, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual (ICA), Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP), MEDIA Programme of the European Union, Société des Producteurs de Cinéma et de Télévision (Procirep)
Release Date Jun 17, 2016
Duration 1 h 43 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website https://alfamafilms.com/en/film/cosmos/?track=world_sales
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Awards

Locarno International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Portuguese Film Academy Sophia Awards
• 2 Nominations
Indiewire Critics' Poll
• 1 Nomination

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