Leave No Traces

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Leave No Traces
File:Leave No Traces (2021) film poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
PolishŻeby nie było śladów
Directed byJan P. Matuszyński
Produced byLeszek Bodzak
Aneta Cebula-Hickinbotham
StarringAgnieszka Grochowska
CinematographyKacper Fertacz
Edited byPrzemyslaw Chruscielewski
Music byIbrahim Maalouf
Release date
  • 9 September 2021 (2021-09-09) (Venice)
Running time
160 minutes[1]
CountryPoland
LanguagePolish

Leave No Traces (Polish: Żeby nie było śladów) is a 2021 Polish drama film directed by Jan P. Matuszyński.[2] It was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 78th Venice International Film Festival.[3] It was selected as the Polish entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards.[4][5] The film is based on the book Żeby nie było śladów by Cezary Łazarewicz, which received the Nike Award in 2017.

Plot

Jurek, the only witness to the state-sanctioned murder of high school student Grzegorz Przemyk, is targeted by the government during the 1980s era of martial law in Poland.[4]

Cast

Reception

Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gives the film 58% approval rating based on 12 reviews, with an average rating of 6.20 out of 10.[6]

Wendy Ide of The Observer called Leave No Traces "[a] meticulously detailed thriller",[7] while Cath Clarke of The Guardian said that "In the end, this film is never uninteresting but fails to gather enough pace or power for the slog of the marathon".[1]

Paul Whitington of the Irish Independent had criticized film's lengh but praised it for being a "conspiracy drama", adding that "[it's] a lesson from history that remains depressingly relevant".[8]

Kevin Maher of The Times said that "[the film is a] deep dive into student's murder is self-important".[9]

According to Guy Lodge of Variety, the film is "[a] moving but somewhat congested",[10] while Keith Uhlich of The Hollywood Reporter described Leave No Traces as "Too torturous by half".[11]

While attending film's Venice screening, Deadline Hollywood's Valerie Complex wrote that "Leave No Traces often feels formless and unremarkable".[12]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Clarke, Cath (6 June 2022). "Leave No Traces review – dense, detailed reconstruction of the killing of a Polish teen". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  2. ^ Vourlias, Christopher (4 March 2020). "New Europe Nabs World Rights to Jan P. Matuszynski's 'Leave No Traces'". Variety.
  3. ^ Roxborough, Scott (26 July 2021). "Venice Film Festival 2021 Full Lineup". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  4. ^ a b Grater, Tom (3 September 2021). "Poland Submits Venice Premiere 'Leave No Traces' To International Oscar Race". Deadline. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  5. ^ Dowell, Stuart (6 September 2021). "Film depicting true life story of poet's murder by communist police nominated for Oscars". Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  6. ^ "Leave No Traces (2021)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  7. ^ Ide, Wendy (12 June 2022). "Leave No Traces review – tense drama of police brutality in communist Poland". The Observer. Retrieved 23 October 2022 – via The Guardian.
  8. ^ Whitington, Paul (9 June 2022). "Jurassic World Dominion movie review: Lazy, witless rehash of the spine-tingling moments that once made this dinosaur franchise stumbles closer to extinction". Irish Independent. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  9. ^ Maher, Kevin (10 June 2022). "Leave No Traces review — deep dive into student's murder is self-important". The Times. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  10. ^ Lodge, Guy (10 September 2021). "'Leave No Traces' Review: Police Brutality Triggers a Chain of Systemic Corruption in This Solemn Polish Procedural". {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  11. ^ Uhlich, Keith (9 September 2022). "'Leave No Traces': Film Review - Venice 2021". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  12. ^ Complex, Valerie (9 September 2022). "Venice Review: 'Leave No Traces'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 23 October 2022.

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