Wishing to capture modern-day Polish youth in their energy and aimlessness, director Michal Marczak assembled neophyte actors, let his camera roll over the course of a year and a half, and let the chips fall where they may (with a few tweaks in the name of plot, but only as needed). “I wonder whose life this is supposed to be,” Krzysztof ponders. All These Sleepless Nights is a character study, all right, but it’s also a half-documentary shot on the fly, a work that stubbornly avoids engaging narrative at nearly every turn, and apart from that opening narration, lacking in self-consciousness. Aha, you might think: a coming-of-age tale, given narrative shape by the protagonist’s inner dialogue. If you combine all your best moments in life, he muses to himself, you would get something resembling a four day-long fireworks display. We begin with New Year fireworks blooming over Warsaw, as high-strung twentysomething Krzysztof (Krzysztof Baginski) prepares to break up with yet another girlfriend. “So much was supposed to happen and nothing happened.” So says a character in All These Sleepless Nights and so goes the film, to its credit and detriment. But then you’re getting away from the reality of the emotions and feelings… I knew that I wanted a story that doesn’t revolve around very big problems.” “It’s so easy to heighten emotions and add story points and beats to make the story more dramaturgically interesting.
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