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  • 2019
  • Moviola
  • 1 h 12 m
  • 2019
  • Moviola
  • 1 h 12 m
Communion

Summary Living amid domestic instability and teenaged volatility, a sister and brother play out their lives on camera. At fourteen, Ola is already functioning as the woman of the house, cooking and cleaning for her lethargic father and helping her energetic autistic brother, Nikodem, prepare for his first Holy Communion. Throughout, she longs fo...

  • 2019
  • Moviola
  • 1 h 12 m
  • 2019
  • Moviola
  • 1 h 12 m

Communion

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Summary Living amid domestic instability and teenaged volatility, a sister and brother play out their lives on camera. At fourteen, Ola is already functioning as the woman of the house, cooking and cleaning for her lethargic father and helping her energetic autistic brother, Nikodem, prepare for his first Holy Communion. Throughout, she longs fo...

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88
Jan 4, 2019
An astonishing directorial debut.
By Sheila O'Malley FULL REVIEW
80
Jan 3, 2019
Upsetting but too curious to wallow in misery (and blessed with a few grace notes), the film pays tribute to a girl who rarely indulges in the self-centeredness that comes with adolescence.
By John DeFore FULL REVIEW
80
Jan 3, 2019
Communion is a heartbreaking example of a classic documentary genre — the immersive, observational film that takes a bold leap and embeds itself with a small group of people.
By Kenneth Turan FULL REVIEW
80
Jan 3, 2019
While Communion holds tight to its own private mysteries, it scores a perfect 10 in drawing out viewer empathy, leaving us hoping anxiously that things will turn out all right for its protagonists.
By Dennis Harvey FULL REVIEW
75
Jan 3, 2019
Zamecka’s all-access film means we see Ola’s desperation, and Magda’s resignation. Each one needs a break, and each is counting on the other to give it to her. Seeing Ola with a baby half-brother in her lap is just chilling.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
75
Jan 3, 2019
The film becomes a document of Ola’s lost innocence, hardening her to the reality that faith only gets us so far.
By Jared Mobarak FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Wajda Studio, HBO Europe, Otter Films
Release Date Jan 4, 2019
Duration 1 h 12 m
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Website https://www.facebook.com/communionthemovie/?fref=ts
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Awards

Polish Film Awards
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
ZagrebDox
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

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