Sympathy is hardly felt as Szumowska’s Szczesna family is at times wholly unlikable and almost appear as farcically cruel caricatures of the Polish upper class (which is incredibly unfortunate considering the performances are the film’s saving grace). Given the mild synopsis, it is true that 33 Scenes from Life has an ambitious, albeit never fully realized, scope.Īttempting to portray and understand far more than it can handle, 33 Scenes from Life suffers from a consistent strand of awkward shifts in tone and character. A familial drama that charts the jarring shifts in Julia’s life that occur as a result of the death of loved ones, the vulnerability one experiences from alienation and loneliness, and the yearning to be recognized for one’s work. THE WORD: An overly lengthy film at only an hour-and-a-half, Malgorzata Szumowska’s 33 Scenes from Life is a near episodic feature whose only constant is that of its main character, Julia Szczesna (Sophia Scholl’s Julia Jentsch). THE STORY: A successful artist, married to a famous composer, must suddenly deal with a number of crises, from the death of the family dog to the illness of her father and absence of her husband.

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