Silent Land

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Silent Land

2021

1h 53m

Drama

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A perfect couple rents a holiday home on a sunny Italian island. The reality does not live up to their expectations when they find out that the pool in the house is broken. Ignorant of the fact that the island faces water shortage, they ask for someone to fix it. The constant presence of a stranger invades the couple's idea of safety and starts a chain of events, which makes them act instinctively and irrationally, heading to the darkest place in their relationship.

Anton Bitel

Little White Lies

Silent Land plays very much in the key of Austria’s Michael Haneke, chillingly exposing class entitlement and the aloofness that the rich maintain – even in an emergency – from the grubby mortality of the poor.

Sep 23, 2022

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Leslie Felperin

Guardian

[A] methodical and incisive debut feature...

Rated: 3/5

Sep 20, 2022

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Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

AWFJ.org

Resisting any need to make overt judgements, in Silent Land Woszczyńska confidently steps back and lets us make our own call about the moral questions her film prompts in her compelling, enigmatic debut.

Oct 21, 2021

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Giuseppe Sedia

Kino Mania

The glacial chemistry between Dymecki and Żulewska works beautifully on the big screen, The two tourists are presented as a cosmopolitan couple but the Polish filmmaker willingly let some traits of ‘Polishness’ surface here and there in the script.

Rated: 4/5

Jan 21, 2025

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Harry Solomons

Loud and Clear Reviews

Directed with a remarkable sense of style for a debut feature, Silent Land subtly and noiselessly radiates a venomous anxiety all its own.

Rated: 4/5

Jan 8, 2025

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Joshua Polanski

In Review Online

Silent Land bores by reveling too much in its own insincere cleverness, even if Woszczyńska and her filmmaking team show promise as visual thinkers.

Jun 5, 2024

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Mark B

A movie that challenges the viewer to reflect on their own internal monologue the importance of communication and the impact on our lives when we fail to adequately communicate our inner feelings or hard truths. Silent Land shifts the viewers focus from infrequent conversations and slowly shifting tempo of natural scenery and the evolving emotional toll the couple are working through. While dialogue is sparse, its characters present us with a full quiver of emotions to reflect on, as well as asking some moral questions, while at times offering touches of whimsy. Ambient sounds filter through the emotional ebbs and flows of the couple's relationship troubles which blend in the natural, barren but aesthetically pleasing landscape. The sound edits to blend in waves and wind to achieve a balance between the music score and dialogue works well. I really enjoyed this, one that leaves the viewer plenty to contemplate.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/26/24

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Synopsis

A perfect couple rents a holiday home on a sunny Italian island. The reality does not live up to their expectations when they find out that the pool in the house is broken. Ignorant of the fact that the island faces water shortage, they ask for someone to fix it. The constant presence of a stranger invades the couple's idea of safety and starts a chain of events, which makes them act instinctively and irrationally, heading to the darkest place in their relationship.

Director: Agnieszka Woszczynska, Agnieszka Woszczyńska
Producer: Giovanni Pompili, Agnieszka Wasiak
Screenwriter: Agnieszka Woszczynska, Agnieszka Woszczyńska, Piotr Jaksa Litwin
Production Co: EC1 Lódz - Miasto Kultury, Kino Produzioni, Ministero della Cultura (MiC), I/O post, Canal+ Polska, Fondazione Sardegna Film Commission, Eurimages, Lava Films, Státní fond kinematografie , Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Polish
Runtime: 1h 53m