Another Day of Life

Released Sep 13, 2019

1h 25m

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In 1975 Warsaw, Ryszard persuades his boss to send him to Angola to cover a bloody civil war, just as the country is about to gain independence. The things he witnesses in Angola change him forever.

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William Bibbiani

TheWrap

These characters look and sound and feel, more so than in many other animated films, fake. That's not generally the effect one looks for in telling a true story.

Sep 13, 2019

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Robert Abele

Los Angeles Times

"Another Day of Life" [is] not just another war-is-hell story, but a powerfully thorny war-journalism-is-hell tale too.

Sep 13, 2019

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Ben Kenigsberg

New York Times

An engrossing film in which form and function can be intriguingly opposed.

Sep 12, 2019

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

This primarily employs motion-capture animation but also periodically breaks for live-action sequences.

Rated: 3/4

Feb 22, 2020

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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

Spirituality & Practice

An animated documentary presenting a journalist's poignant perspectives on the horrors of war.

Rated: 4/5

Jan 14, 2020

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Joyce Slaton

Common Sense Media

Surreal violence, downbeat tone in animated war drama.

Rated: 3/5

Oct 1, 2019

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With a hip, stylized cel shaded look meshed together with interviews and images of the real life counterparts of the dramatization, Another Day of a lifetepps a intense and intimate story of war and political intrigue. Some of the animation and voice acting is stiff and unimpressive matching the feeling of a mid budget video game cutscene. The desensitized sense of emotion of the animated scenes is contrasted purposefully with it's real life imagery.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/26/23

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nefasto r

The horrors of wars, in this case, are fought with beautiful images, both real and drawn. And even if I did not see a point of finding a good side and a bad side, I liked the fusion of styles of this docu-drama.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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This movie was pretty great! This movie is like two movies in one. Part of it is a documentary about the Angolan Civil War. The other part is an animated film about the same subject, following Polish journalist Ryszard Kapuscinski reporting on the war in the 1970s. The first thing that I need to talk about is the animation. It is animated in that rotoscoped cell-shaded CGI style similar to A Scanner Darkly or the Love, Death & Robots short Fish Night. Normally, I hate animation that is trying to look realistic, but I didn't mind it here. There are many sequences of animation in this movie that just couldn't possibly work as well in live-action. The colours are really nice and it is intense! It actually feels like you're in the middle of a war! The story I found very interesting and the intercut documentary footage of people who actually knew the main character in real life and are characters in the movie themselves was really cool and helped with my understanding of the story and the history behind the film. The acting was really good as well and I really cared about the characters. Overall, if you like animation or historical war movies, you should watch this movie. It's very short, but very good!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/12/23

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I enjoyed it, not sure if the good time I had while watching it was due to the film or due to the admiration I have toward Kapuscinski's life and work.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/17/23

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Audience Member

Although character of Kapuscinski continues being controversial, the stories around its trips have something have fascinating we have to look at.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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Raúl de la Fuente

Director

Damian Nenow

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Miroslaw Haniszewski

Ryszard Kapuscinski

Vergil J. Smith

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Tomasz Ziętek

Farrusco

Olga Bołądź

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In 1975 Warsaw, Ryszard persuades his boss to send him to Angola to cover a bloody civil war, just as the country is about to gain independence. The things he witnesses in Angola change him forever.

Director: Raúl de la Fuente, Damian Nenow
Screenwriter: Raúl de la Fuente, Amaia Remirez, Niall Johnson, Damian Nenow, David Weber
Distributor: GKIDS
Production Co: Platige Image
Genre: Biography, Animation
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 13, 2019, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 4, 2020
Box Office (Gross USA): $1.7K
Runtime: 1h 25m

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