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11 Minutes (film)

11 Minutes (Polish: 11 minut) is a 2015 Polish-Irish thriller film written and directed by Jerzy Skolimowski. It stars Richard Dormer, Paulina Chapko, Wojciech Mecwaldowski, Andrzej Chyra, Dawid Ogrodnik, Agata Buzek, Piotr Glowacki, Mateusz Kościukiewicz, Ifi Ude, Jan Nowicki, Anna Maria Buczek, and Lukasz Sikora. Set in Warsaw, it tells the story of multiple people's lives over the course of eleven minutes in a single day. The film had its world premiere in the Competition section at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival on 9 September 2015.[2][3][4] It was selected as the Polish entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 88th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.[5][6]

11 Minutes
Theatrical release poster
Polish11 minut
Directed byJerzy Skolimowski
Written byJerzy Skolimowski
Produced by
  • Ewa Piaskowska
  • Jerzy Skolimowski
Starring
CinematographyMikołaj Łebkowski
Edited byAgnieszka Glińska
Music byPaweł Mykietyn
Production
companies
Release dates
  • 9 September 2015 (2015-09-09) (Venice)
  • 23 October 2015 (2015-10-23) (Poland)
Running time
81 minutes
Countries
  • Poland
  • Ireland
Languages
  • Polish
  • English
Box office$571,697[1]

Plot

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A contemporary big city and a group of its inhabitants, whose lives are intertwined with each other. The same 11 minutes from the lives of different characters presented in parallel stories: an obsessively jealous husband, his wife-actress, a sneaky Hollywood director, a drug courier, a hot dog vendor with an obscure past, a girl with a beloved dog, a frustrated student on a risky mission, a mountaineer cleaning hotel windows, an ambulance crew, a group of nuns and an old painter. Before the last second of the eleventh minute, their fate is linked by an event that will definitely affect their lives.

Cast

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Production

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Jerzy Skolimowski described the film as "an answer to the Hollywood action movies."[7] The film was primarily shot in Warsaw.[8] Additional filming took place in Dublin, as well as the Alvernia Studios near Kraków.[8]

Release

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The film had its world premiere in the Competition section at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival on 9 September 2015.[2][3][4] It was also screened at the Toronto International Film Festival,[9] the BFI London Film Festival,[10] the Gdynia Film Festival,[11] the Geneva International Film Festival,[12] the Lisbon & Estoril Film Festival,[13] the Cork Film Festival,[14] the Camerimage,[15] and the Trieste Film Festival.[16] It was released in Poland on 23 October 2015.[17]

Reception

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Critical reception

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On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 67% based on 15 reviews, and a weighted average rating of 5.6/10.[18] On Metacritic, the film has a score 51 out of 100, based on 12 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[19]

Chuck Bowen of Slant Magazine gave the film 3 out of 4 stars, writing, "The directorial ingenuity of 11 Minutes is so evident and flamboyant that it's tempting to overlook the accomplishments of Skolimowski’s script, which abounds in shorthand and overheated implication."[20] He added, "The film's final Rube Goldberg-ian flourish refutes the banal humanity of many multiple-character studies, convincingly insisting that only death shall bring us together, unifying our vastly differing gulfs of emotional experience."[20] David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter described the film as "an empty feat of technical virtuosity driven by a bleakly obvious vision of the murky morality of the post-9/11 world."[21]

Accolades

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Award Year of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Ref(s)
Venice Film Festival 2015 Special Mention: Young Jury Members of the Vittorio Veneto Film Festival 11 Minutes Won [22]
Lisbon & Estoril Film Festival 2015 Best Film 11 Minutes Won [23]
Polish Film Awards 2016 Best Editing Agnieszka Glińska Won [24]
CinEast 2016 Critics' Prize 11 Minutes Won [25]
European Film Awards 2016 Best Sound Designer Radosław Ochnio Won [26]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "11 Minutes". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  2. ^ a b Anderson, Ariston (29 July 2015). "Venice Film Festival Unveils Star-Studded Lineup for 72nd Edition". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  3. ^ a b Sharf, Zack (28 August 2015). "Watch: Exclusive '11 Minutes' Trailer is 19 Seconds of Heart-Racing Mysteries". IndieWire. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  4. ^ a b Rantala, Hanna (10 September 2015). "Polish director says own loss inspired '11 Minut' in Venice". Reuters. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  5. ^ Holdsworth, Nick (22 September 2015). "Oscars: Poland Nominates '11 Minutes' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  6. ^ Barraclough, Leo (23 September 2015). "Oscars: Poland Selects '11 Minutes,' Denmark Goes for 'A War'". Variety. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  7. ^ Suárez, Gonzalo (12 September 2015). "Jerzy Skolimowski - Director". Cineuropa. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  8. ^ a b "Director's Comments". 11 Minutes. Archived from the original on 20 March 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  9. ^ Erbland, Kate (11 August 2015). "Toronto International Film Festival Slate Announces Picks for TIFF Cinematheque and Masters of Cinema Sections". IndieWire. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  10. ^ Ramachandran, Naman (1 September 2015). "London reveals competition titles". Cineuropa. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  11. ^ Hartwich, Dorota (15 September 2015). "Gdynia celebrates turning 40". Cineuropa. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  12. ^ Don, Muriel Del (13 October 2015). "The Geneva International Film Festival Tous Écrans promises an intense experience". Cineuropa. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  13. ^ Pinto, Vitor (15 October 2015). "Lisbon & Estoril Film Festival unveils the programme for its ninth edition". Cineuropa. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  14. ^ Ramachandran, Naman (15 October 2015). "The Cork Film Festival turns 60". Cineuropa. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  15. ^ Jensen, Jorn Rossing (9 November 2015). "Spielberg's Bridge of Spies to open Camerimage in Poland". Cineuropa. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  16. ^ Marco, Camillo De (14 January 2016). "A panorama of Central Eastern European film at Trieste". Cineuropa. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  17. ^ "11 Minutes". Cineuropa. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  18. ^ "11 Minutes". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  19. ^ "11 Minutes". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  20. ^ a b Bowen, Chuck (4 April 2016). "11 Minutes". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  21. ^ Rooney, David (9 September 2015). "'11 Minutes' ('11 Minut'): Venice Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  22. ^ "Blood of My Blood wins Venice's FIPRESCI award". Cineuropa. 12 September 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  23. ^ Pinto, Vitor (16 November 2015). "Jerzy Skolimowski's 11 Minutes gets Lisbon & Estoril's top prize". Cineuropa. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  24. ^ Hartwich, Dorota (8 March 2016). "Body triumphant at the Eagles in Poland". Cineuropa. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  25. ^ Pinto, Vitor (24 October 2016). "Mellow Mud makes a splash at CinÉast". Cineuropa. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  26. ^ Tartaglione, Nancy (10 December 2016). "'Toni Erdmann' Sweeps European Film Awards; Makes History At Message-Heavy Ceremony – Full List". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
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