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A Short Film About Love(1988)
Status: Released
Date: 1988-08-21
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387 Votes
Time: 1h 27m
Overview:
19-year-old Tomek whiles away his lonely life by spying on his opposite neighbour Magda through binoculars. She's an artist in her mid-thirties, and appears to have everything - not least a constant stream of men at her beck and call. But when the two finally meet, they discover that they have a lot more in common than appeared at first sight...
Languages: German, Polish, Portuguese.
Countries:
Poland
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: A Short Film About Love
Top 10 Billed Cast
Grażyna Szapołowska
Magda
Olaf Lubaszenko
Tomek
Stefania Iwińska
Grandmother
Piotr Machalica
Roman
Artur Barciś
Young Man
Stanisław Gawlik
Postman
Jan Piechociński
Blond Man
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