Kill It and Leave This Town
Film poster
Directed byMariusz Wilczyński
Written byMariusz Wilczyński
Produced byEwa Puszczyńska
Agnieszka Ścibior
StarringKrystyna Janda
Andrzej Wajda
Marek Kondrat
Daniel Olbrychski
Edited byJarosław Barzan
Music byTadeusz Nalepa
Production
company
Bombonierka
Release dates
  • 22 February 2020 (2020-02-22) (Berlin)
  • 5 March 2021 (2021-03-05)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryPoland
LanguagePolish
Box office$183,771[1]

Kill It and Leave This Town (Polish: Zabij to i wyjedź z tego miasta) is a 2020 Polish adult animated psychological horror film directed by Polish animator Mariusz Wilczyński, in his feature film debut, from a script developed alongside Agnieszka Ścibior. The film concerns a hero, fleeing from despair after losing those dearest to him, who hides in a safe land of memories, where time stands still and all those dear to him are alive.

Voice cast

Production

The film took fourteen years to animate. Wilczyński had originally intended Kill It and Leave This Town to be a short film, however eventually ended up deciding to make it his feature debut.[2] The film was made for Wilczyński to symbolically say goodbye to his family who had died. At the film's premiere at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival, Wilczyński said "In a short time, people who were important to me passed away. I did not have time to say goodbye to them, I do it with my animation." He also added; "I don't believe in death, they didn't die, but they live in my imagination."[3]

Release

The film premiered at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival on 22 February 2020, and was delayed from theatrical releases due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cinema. It was released in theatres in Poland on 5 March 2021, and grossed $183,771.

The film received generally positive reviews from critics,[4][5] and received several accolades. Kill It and Leave This Town has an approval rating of 93% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 14 reviews, and an average rating of 7.6/10.[6] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 69 out of 100 based on 8 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[7]

Accolades

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Award Category Recipient Result Ref(s)
Ottawa International Animation Festival Best Feature Mariusz Wilczyński Won [8]
Gdynia Film Festival Golden Lions Awards Won [9]
Polish Film Awards Best Film Won [10]
Best Director Nominated [11]
Best Screenplay Won [10]
Best Production Design Nominated [11]
Best Film Score Tadeusz Nalepa Won [10]
Best Sound Franciszek Kozłowski Won
Discovery of the Year Mariusz Wilczyński Nominated [11]
Nominated
Viennale Fipresci Prize Won [12]
Monstra Festival [pt] Grande Prémio Monstra Mariusz Wilczyński Won [13]

References

  1. ^ Kill It and Leave This Town at Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  2. ^ Kruk, Adam. Byty i niebyty – Recenzja filmu Zabij to i wyjedź z tego miasta (2019). FilmWeb.pl. (in Polish). Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  3. ^ Demski, Mateusz (9 November 2020) Zabij to i wyjedź z tego miasta. Ekrany. (in Polish). Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  4. ^ Bradshaw, Peter (22 February 2020) Kill It and Leave This Town review - gaunt beauty amid the smoky smudge of memory. The Guardian. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  5. ^ Kiang, Jessica (9 March 2020) ‘Kill It and Leave This Town’: Film Review. Variety. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  6. ^ https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/kill_it_and_leave_this_town
  7. ^ Kill It and Leave This Town at Metacritic. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  8. ^ Ottawa International Animation Festival Announces 2020 Winners, 2 October 2020. Skywigly.co.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  9. ^ Grynienko, Katarzyna (14 December 2020) FNE at Gdynia Polish Film Festival 2020: Prize Winners. Film New Europe. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  10. ^ a b c "Orły | Polskie Nagrody Filmowe Orły 2021 rozdane!". pnf.pl. Retrieved 2023-04-03.
  11. ^ a b c PricewaterhouseCoopers. "Nominacje do Polskich Nagród Filmowych Orły 2021 ogłoszone". PwC (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-04-03.
  12. ^ Viennale Blog: Prize Winners 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  13. ^ "Longa-metragem polaca "Mata e Foge da Cidade" vencedora do Grande Prémio Monstra". RTP (in Portuguese). 27 March 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2023.

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