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  • 2017
  • Aerofilms
  • 2 h 3 m
  • 2017
  • Aerofilms
  • 2 h 3 m
The Last Family

Summary Beksiński is a gentle man with arachnophobia, despite his hardcore sexual fantasies and his fondness for painting disturbing dystopian works. Beksiński is a family man who wants only the best for his loving wife Zofia, neurotic son Tomasz and the couple's aging mothers. His daily painting to classical music eventually pays off and he mak...

Directed By: Jan P. Matuszynski

Written By: Robert Bolesto

  • 2017
  • Aerofilms
  • 2 h 3 m
  • 2017
  • Aerofilms
  • 2 h 3 m

The Last Family

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
69
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 4 User Ratings
6.8
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Summary Beksiński is a gentle man with arachnophobia, despite his hardcore sexual fantasies and his fondness for painting disturbing dystopian works. Beksiński is a family man who wants only the best for his loving wife Zofia, neurotic son Tomasz and the couple's aging mothers. His daily painting to classical music eventually pays off and he mak...

Directed By: Jan P. Matuszynski

Written By: Robert Bolesto

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
69
71% Positive
5 Reviews
14% Mixed
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14% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
69
71% Positive
5 Reviews
14% Mixed
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14% Negative
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90
Jan 25, 2018
The tragedies in this family’s life are nearly constant, but Mr. Matuszynski approaches them with a tone that’s matter-of-fact while also partaking in the particular wry irony that has been a hallmark of Polish cinema since the early 1960s.
By Glenn Kenny FULL REVIEW
80
Jan 25, 2018
The film is a remarkable, frequently unsettling exercise in staged voyeurism, recreating the interdependent lives of the three members of the troubled Beksiński family.
By Jay Weissberg FULL REVIEW
80
Jan 25, 2018
Authenticity rules the day here, the contrast between the banality of daily existence and extreme conduct is the main point of the picture, all of it defined by an insistence on staying close to the actual events and refraining from any attempt at psychological observations or analytical motivations.
By Dan Fainaru FULL REVIEW
80
Jan 25, 2018
Thanks to inventive camerawork, mesmeric performances and incisive yet elliptical editing and storytelling, the claustrophobia becomes a feature instead of a liability.
By Leslie Felperin FULL REVIEW
70
Jan 26, 2018
The movie sticks in the mind not as a full-on, time-honored biopic but as a queasily warts-and-all peeling back of a family dynamic that happened to involve a figure of cultish renown.
By Danny King FULL REVIEW
60
Jan 25, 2018
Like Seweryn, Konieczna is a performer with considerable experience on the Polish stage and she fulfils the same function in the film as Zofia does in the family — holding everything together with an admirably unfussy stoicism.
By Neil Young FULL REVIEW
38
Jan 25, 2018
The film tends to literalize its theme of unfulfilled desire by having characters explicitly lament their lost pasts.
By Clayton Dillard FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Aurum Film, HBO Europe, Maziowiecki Fundusz Filmowy, Lightcraft, Universal Music Polska, Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej
Release Date Jan 26, 2017
Duration 2 h 3 m
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Tagline Family life isn't always sunshine and rainbows.
Website http://neweuropefilmsales.com/movies/the-last-family/
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Awards

Polish Film Awards
• 4 Wins & 11 Nominations
Polish Film Festival
• 7 Wins & 7 Nominations
Koszalinski Festiwal Debiutow Filmowych Mlodzi i Film
• 3 Wins & 4 Nominations

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