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| Directed by | Magnus von Horn |
| Written by | Magnus von Horn |
| Produced by | Mariusz Wlodarski |
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| Cinematography | Michal Dymek |
| Edited by | Agnieszka Glinska |
| Music by | Piotr Kurek |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
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| Language | Polish |
| Box office | $11,546 [2] |
Sweat is a 2020 drama film written and directed by Magnus von Horn. It stars Magdalena Kolesnik, Julian Swiezewski, Aleksandra Konieczna and Zbigniew Zamachowski.
Sylvia Zajac, a fitness motivator influencer surrounded by admirers and loyal employees, searches for true intimacy.
The film was set to have its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2020, but the festival was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [3] In July 2020, it was announced Gutek Film, TriArt and Mubi had acquired distribution rights to the film in Poland, Sweden and the United States, respectively. [4] [5] Sweat was released in Sweden on 12 March 2021 and in Poland on 18 June 2021. [6] [7]
Sweat holds a 98% approval rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 51 reviews, with an average rating of 7.4/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Well-acted and appropriately beautiful, Sweat takes a thoughtful, empathetic look at social media fame." [8] The film won the Gold Hugo at the Chicago International Film Festival. [9]
In a review of the film, Giuseppe Sedia wrote for Kino Mania: "While there is no ground to label Sweat as a sophomore slump, von Horn could have gone over the argument that social influencers can have a very complex inner life just like anybody else". He also praised the performance of Zbigniew Zamachowski "who seems to come out straight from an episode of Kieślowski's Dekalog ". [10]
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