Playground

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Playground

2016

1h 22m

Drama

Mystery & Thriller

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On the last day of school, a 12-year-old girl sets up a secret meeting with a boy. The intimate talk quickly spins out of control, leading to an unexpected ending.

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Like a brutal visual metaphor for the age old question, usually asked in fear, or maybe to instil some: it's (insert time here), do you know where your children are?

Rated: 4.5/5

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Pere Vall

Fotogramas

A type of terror that we have seen, and suffered through, like in some of Michael Haneke's films... [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 4/5

May 25, 2018

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Alberto Luchini

El Mundo (Spain)

A film as necessary as it is harrowing... [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 5/5

May 25, 2018

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Paula Arantzazu Ruiz

Sensacine

In this sense, the Polish director's attention to the prolegomena of violence is closer to the post-Columbine exploration of Gus Van Sant in Elephant (2003)... [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 3/5

May 25, 2018

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Jordi Costa

El Pais (Spain)

In his first fictional feature, Polish director Bartosz M. Kowalski is inspired by true events, but presents a film incapable of bringing anything to light. [Full Review in Spanish]

May 25, 2018

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Paula Arantzazu Ruiz

Cinemanía (Spain)

Those who know the encyclopedia of atrocious crimes will recognize Playground's story... although that chilling sequence is not the most interesting part of the feature film... [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 3/5

May 22, 2018

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Synopsis

On the last day of school, a 12-year-old girl sets up a secret meeting with a boy. The intimate talk quickly spins out of control, leading to an unexpected ending.

Director: Bartosz M. Kowalski
Producer: Dariusz Pietrykowski
Screenwriter: Bartosz M. Kowalski, Stanislaw Warwas
Production Co: Film It
Genre: Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: Polish
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 5, 2017
Runtime: 1h 22m

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