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He’s oblivious to whatever everyone’s looking at, just as they, for the most part, are oblivious to him.

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In one of the film’s most striking scenes, Kris walks down the middle of the street, away from the camera, as drivers stop their cars and get out to gawp at some unseen spectacle happening behind him (and us). Like good little consumers, they are keenly aware of what they lack, and they proceed in selfish pursuit of their own moment-to-moment amusement (ours is secondary), seeking some abstract idea of connection based on casual sex.Įven in crowds, the characters complain of being alone. Now, the novelty is gone, and the young people seem as disaffected and listless as they might in any capitalist country. After the fall of Communism in 1989, the country’s curiosity for all things Western drove a seemingly insatiable appetite for imported pop culture. Here, for virtually the first time in Polish history, is a group of twentysomethings allowed to be idle - old enough to be out from under their parents’ supervision, yet not so much that they’re obliged to work for a living. At least Marczak has chosen characters who are easy on the eyes (though give them a decade, and those handsome faces will likely look as if they’ve been working in the coal mines for 40 years), which buys a fair amount of goodwill as they spout reams of existential angst, sounding vaguely like the melancholy characters of “Oslo, August 31st.” Kris and company belong to a generation determined to avoid boredom at all costs, and yet, they are themselves profoundly boring. Otherwise, this intermittently hypnotic paean to youth amounts to a loose catalog of how these three millennials spend the hazy hours between twilight and dawn when security guards, vampires, and party animals do their thing - which consists mostly of dancing, drugs, clumsy attempts at seduction, and various spontaneous acts of silliness (picking fights, playing chicken with oncoming trains).

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Theirs is not quite a love triangle, though a brief fling between Kris and Eva (who is Michal’s ex-girlfriend) creates a tension between the two men that’s as close to a plot as the movie has to offer. Featuring a trio of real people more or less playing themselves, Michał Marczak’s quasi-documentary is breathtakingly beautiful at times, filmed in a style more reminiscent of recent Terrence Malick movies than anything reality-based as it floats at arm’s length behind Kris, best friend Michal (Michał Huszcza), and the girl they both covet, Eva (Eva Lebuef). Over the course of nearly two hours - compressed down from roughly a year in the life of its characters - “All These Sleepless Nights” gives us plenty of time to ponder Bagiński’s head from every angle, and to a lesser degree, the thoughts flickering inside it. In profile, he suddenly takes on an almost Neanderthal appearance, as his heavy forehead pushes down on that sharp wedge of a nose.

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Head-on, he could be Michelangelo’s David, with his broad cheeks and full lips, a question mark knit in the crease between his eyebrows. From some angles, it projects a vulnerable kind of curiosity, almost childlike as questioning eyes peer out from deep hollow sockets. The drug use, nudity, sexual material and highly offensive language mean the film needs a restriction to people 16 years of age and over.Cast as an avatar for a nation of disaffected Polish twentysomethings, Krzysztof Bagiński has an amazing face. The film is intended for older teenagers and adults who will appreciate its artistic merit while having knowledge of the physical, social and legal consequences of long term drug use. The style of filming serves to separate the clearly well-to-do characters from the real world which reduces the impact to some extent. It is likely that impressionable younger viewers will see drug use as acceptable and fun and be encouraged to emulate it without a view to its consequences. The film requires restriction due to the way it normalises and promotes drug use.

There is some sexual content, nudity and highly offensive language but the strongest element is the drug use. Eventually Krzysztof tires of partying and ‘finds himself’. Events occur over the course of one year and take place mainly at night. Much of the film consists of short scenes of the young men socialising at parties and engaging in philosophical conversations. The film follows apparently wealthy and privileged Krzysztof and his friend Michal as they restlessly roam the streets and parties of Warsaw in their quest to live in the moment. ‘All These Sleepless Nights’ has been called genre-pushing and hybrid because of the rehearsed elements involved. Blending actors into his works allows him to push his subjects through new experiences to capture something intangible about the human condition.

‘All These Sleepless Nights’ is a documentary from Poland by director Michal Marczak who is known for his innovative approach.