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- 2020
- 1 h 28 m
- 2020
- 1 h 28 m
Summary Fleeing from despair after losing those dearest to him, the hero hides in a safe land of memories, where time stands still and all those dear to him are alive.
Directed By: Mariusz Wilczynski
Written By: Agnieszka Scibior, Mariusz Wilczynski
- 2020
- 1 h 28 m
- 2020
- 1 h 28 m
Kill It and Leave This Town
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Summary Fleeing from despair after losing those dearest to him, the hero hides in a safe land of memories, where time stands still and all those dear to him are alive.
Directed By: Mariusz Wilczynski
Written By: Agnieszka Scibior, Mariusz Wilczynski
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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88% Positive
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
13% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 8 Critic Reviews
69
88% Positive
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
13% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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It’s all deeply unsettling, a glorious massacre you can’t look away from. Kill It and Leave This Town dares you to avert its gaze. You may not be able to describe it, but good luck forgetting it.
This is not animation which is there to exalt, or soothe, or celebrate human loveliness: it is animation which takes a fiercely miserable satirical stab at the world and itself, a language which is unreconciled, unaccommodated.
Mariusz Wilczyński’s animation style strikes an unlikely balance between the childlike and the proficient.
An utterly bizarre, frequently grotesque, occasionally obscene singularity, Polish artist Mariusz Wilczynski’s abrasive animation Kill It and Leave This Town exists so far outside the realm of the expected, the acceptable and the neatly comprehensible that it acts as a striking reminder of just how narrow that realm can be.
In its most poignant, resonant moments, the film feels both devastatingly personal and affectingly revelatory: a simultaneously forceful and tender piece of existential contemplation that’s intricately tied to Wilczynski’s life but still universal in its themes. But when it meanders, which is perhaps more often than it should, it requires serious commitment from its audience.
Although the story is not easy to follow, the anger behind it is so virulent that it sweeps the narrative along on a wave of rage and repulsion. A downer on this scale will not, clearly, be everyone's cup of tea.
The grim film feels excavated from the subconscious: The coarse illustration style, with its frazzled, stray lines, emphasizes the bleakness of the images.
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Production Company
Bombonierka,
Extreme Emotions,
Filmoteka Narodowa - Instytut Audiowizualny,
Instytut im. Adama Mickiewicza,
EC1 Lódz - Miasto Kultury,
Letko,
Nolabel,
DI Factory,
Gigant Films,
Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej
Release Date Nov 25, 2020
Duration 1 h 28 m
Awards
Polish Film Awards
• 4 Wins & 8 Nominations
Polish Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Annecy International Animated Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
