Does Szamanka end with hope?

No. Less hopeful than 91% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Yes. More sad than 88% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Yes. More frightening than 82% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Szamanka easy watching?

Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Szamanka

Name: Szamanka
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: 1996
Duration: 117 min
Rating: 6.1
Cast: Bogusław Linda, Iwona Petry, Piotr Machalica, Paweł Burczyk, Stanisław Jaskułka

She's a machine.

Directed by Andrzej Żuławski

Produced by Alhena Films, Compagnie des Films

1996117 min6.1 / 10

A dark, intellectually unsettling exploration of obsession and the blurred boundaries between the animate and inanimate, the sacred and profane.

Anthropology professor Michal develops two overwhelming obsessions. The first one is a mummified, 3,000 year-old, perfectly preserved body of a shaman he and his colleagues have recently dragged out of a swamp. The second is an enigmatic student he meets by chance at a railway station.

Clusters

Dark Stories About Forbidden Desire Star-Crossed Ghost Romance Ambiguous Mental Breakdown Stories

Genres

Drama Thriller

Questions people ask

Does Szamanka end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 91% of films.
Is Szamanka sad? Yes. More sad than 88% of films.
Is Szamanka scary? Yes. More frightening than 82% of films.
Is Szamanka easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.
Is Szamanka violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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