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Personal Search (1973)
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Original name: Rewizja osobista
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Basia and Krystyna are trying to smuggle clothes, perfumes and other things purchased abroad through the border back to Poland during communist period. They are accompanied by Basia's son Piotrek, infatuated with Krystyna. At the beginning everything appears to go smooth. Suddenly, however, the custom officer Roman stops pretending being fooled and demands body search which has to be carried out by next shift.
Style:
tension, suspense, period drama
Plot:
smuggling, bribery, customs officer, customs, cold war, negotiation, black market, bureaucracy, moral ambiguity, road trip, moral dilemma, cat and mouse, social realism, mistrust, character study, minimalism, claustrophobia, coercion, satire, intimate, peeping, erotica, women, female nudity, sex scene ...
Time:
70s
Place:
poland
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