The Balcony Movie

The Balcony Movie

Everyone's story is unique and life surpasses imagination

2021•1h 40m•7.4/10

Documentary

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.4/10(31)

Composed from the conversations that the director holds with people passing by in the street under his Warsaw apartment, each story in 'The Balcony Movie' is unique and deals with the way we try to cope with life as individuals. All together, they create a self-portrait of contemporary human life, and the passers-by present a composite picture of today's world.

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Production

Lozinski Production, Mazowiecki Instytut Kultury, HBO Europe

Language

PL

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Paweł Łoziński

Paweł Łoziński

Self (voice)

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