Singapore International Film Festival 2016
All These Sleepless Nights
Rating
M18 Drug Use and Some Nudity
Language
English - subtitles to be advised
Cast
Michal Huszcza, Krzystof Baginski, Eva Lebuef
Synopsis
Krzysztof and Michal are living in curious times. As post-war Warsaw children, they have nary a worry with regards to life; where raves and electronic music are endless, and satisfaction is achieved by a bountiful supply of cigarettes and late-night musings. But when Michal’s ex-girlfriend Eva makes an appearance, their friendship is thrown into perspective.
Sundance-winning director Michał Marczak gambles daringly with a hypnotic blend of documentary and fiction. Constantly pushing and pulling at the threads of Krzysztof and Michal’s lives, he carefully constructs the loose and seemingly endless period that is one’s early 20s, made even more lyrical through his free-wheeling camera and fluid sense of time. As the fireworks and neon lights burn brightly outside, these Polish youth banter superfluously about happiness and gratification, driven by a restless desire to be truly alive.