Movie Narrative: Aftermath (2012)

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             Aftermath (2012) is an unrated movie.  Furthermore, it is 1 hour and 49 minutes long.  This movie is categorized under the drama, fantasy and thriller genre.  The official release date is November 9^th, 2012.  The release date is for the Country of Poland.  Additionally, this movie has an original title.  The original title is, Poklosie.  The director was Wladyslaw Pasikowski.  The writer was Wladyslaw Pasikowski.  The officially recognized stars were Maciej Stuhr, Ireneusz Czop and Zbigniew Zamachowski.  The list of the 15 most important cast members is as follows:

• Maciej Stuhr (Jozef Kalina).
• Ireneusz Czop (Franciszek Kalina).
• Zbigniew Zamachowski (Wlodzimierz Nowak).
• Danuta Szaflarska (Herbalist).
• Jerzy Radziwilowicz (Rector).
• Zuzana Fialova (Justyna).
• Wojciech Zielinski (Antek).
• Danuta Borsuk (Barmaid).
• Andrzej Mastalerz (Priest Janusz Pawlak).
• Anita Poddebniak (Shop Assistant).
• Magdalena Gnatowska (Woman in Shop).
• Ryszard Ronczewski (Franciszek Sudecki).
• Zbigniew Konopka (Bank’s Manager).
• Elzbieta Romanowska (Barmaid).
• Lech Dyblik (Woodcuter).

            The synopsis follows.  Aftermath (2012) is a drama movie, out of the Country of Poland.  A commercial airplane lands in the Country of Poland.  The passengers get out of the airplane.  Franciszek Kalina is one of these passengers.  Furthermore, he lives in the City of Chicago, U.S.A.  F.Kalina is traveling with only 1 gym bag.  Outside the airport, he gets in a taxi.  He asks to be taken to the Central Station.  The train travels through the countryside of Poland.  F.Kalina gets off the train, and, he boards a bus.  The bus stops, and, F.Kalina has arrived at his destination.  He starts to walk, in the direction, of his brother’s farm.  Unexpectedly, an unknown person begins to follow F.Kalina.  The unknown person follows from the shadows.  F.Kalina continues walking, and, he realizes that he is being followed.  He enters the shadows of the forest to look.  He returns to the side of the road.  He also discovers that, his gym bag has been stolen.  Surprisingly, a police sergeant stops and talks to F.Kalina.  F.Kalina explains that, his gym bag has been stolen.  The police sergeant asks F.Kalina, to where are you going?  F.Kalina replies, to Jozef Kalina’s farm.  Surprisingly, Sergeant Nowak knows of both men; Jozef and Franciszek.  Sergeant Nowak offers to give F.Kalina a ride.  F.Kalina accepts the offer, and, he gets in.  Surprisingly, Sergeant Nowak reveals that, he knows that, Jola has left Jozef Kalina.  Furthermore, that Jozef Kalina didn’t keep to himself, with the other villagers, when Jola was with him.  They arrive at J.Kalina’s farm, and, they walk to the door.  Sergeant Nowak invites F.Kalina to the police station; the next day.  Jozef Kalina arrives at the front door, and, he recognizes his brother.  Apparently, Jola and the children are living with F.Kalina in the City of Chicago.  Surprisingly, J.Kalina asks about his ex-wife and children.  Inside the house, F.Kalina wants to talk about the matter, at hand.  J.Kalina ignores his brother.  F.Kalina demands answers.  The next day, F.Kalina visits the village.  He buys a newspaper, and, talks to the men.  Unexpectedly, Sergeant Nowak calls F.Kalina over to the police station.  Sergeant Nowak begins the process of filing a police report.  The report is about the stolen gym bag.  Out of nowhere, F.Kalina asks Sergeant Nowak if, the village hates his brother.  Unexpectedly, a priest arrives and Sergeant Nowak leaves, with him.  Surprisingly, the other police officer reveals the information.  J.Kalina owes a big fine, because, he damaged the road.  The police officer also reveals that, the people of the village wanted to kill J.Kalina.  Furthermore, that Sergeant Nowak stopped them.  The Kalina brothers walk back to the farm.  Unexpectedly, J.Kalina reveals what he has done.  Apparently, J.Kalina steals tombstones.  The tombstones are taken from the road and several other places.  He also puts them in the field, which is part, of the farm.  They argue at the location of the tombstones.  J.Kalina reveals that, he has 328.  J.Kalina explains that, the first were discovered on the road.  The story goes back to World War II, and, during the Nazi German occupation.  The tombstones are of dead Jews.  They were also used as a base for the road.  The road was built by the Nazi German soldiers.  Furthermore, J.Kalina found more in several other places.  J.Kalina also reveals that, he buys them from the people of the village.  He usually pays 100, for each tombstone.  The language on the tombstone is Hebrew.  J.Kalina reveals that, he learned the language.  He also cannot explain his obsession.  Furthermore, the tombstones are not a hobby.  J.Kalina also reveals that, the village became angry at him.  Furthermore, his wife took the side of the village.  This is the reason, his wife and children left him.  In the short amount of time that they spend together, Jozef and Franciszek learn that their own father, helped to kill Jew families.  Obviously, that their father stole their farm and land.  Ultimately, the people of the village decide to take matters, into their own hands.  Director, Wladyslaw Pasikowski, does a good job.  The cinematography is very captivating.  Additionally, the countryside of Poland is captured in a very memorable way.  Furthermore, the viewer can feel Franciszek Kalina’s journey to his brother’s farm.  Everything goes with, what is happening in the movie.  A good effort is acknowledged and applauded.  The writers do an equally good job.  The story is simple, but yet, it creates a long lasting memory.  Furthermore, the conflict in the story is very clever.  Good writing, from the writers, brings the conflict to life.  Finally, the scene where the field is set on fire, adds a lot of detail to the story; it helps seal and close things off.  The officially recognized stars do a good job performing their roles.  Overall, this movie earns the rating of 5 out of 10.

             The movie narrative is as follows.  A commercial airplane lands in the Country of Poland.  The passengers get out of the airplane.  Franciszek Kalina is one of these passengers.  Furthermore, he lives in the City of Chicago, U.S.A.  F.Kalina is traveling with only 1 gym bag.  Outside the airport, he gets in a taxi.  He asks to be taken to the Central Station.  Surprisingly, the taxi driver asks if, his airplane arrived from the City of Chicago.  F.Kalina says, yes.  Additionally, he has been living there for the last 20 years.  F.Kalina’s train leaves the Central Station, at 14:05 (2:05 pm).  Surprisingly, the taxi driver asks, for the destination.  F.Kalina replies, his brother’s house.  Inside the train, F.Kalina finds a seat.  The train travels through the countryside of Poland.  F.Kalina gets off the train, and, he boards a bus.  The bus stops, and, F.Kalina has arrived at his destination.  He starts to walk, in the direction of his brother’s farm.  Unexpectedly, an unknown person begins to follow F.Kalina.  The unknown person follows from the shadows.  F.Kalina continues walking, and, he realizes that he is being followed.  He enters the shadows of the forest to look.  He continues to look, and unexpectedly, he chases after a shadow figure.  Out of nowhere, F.Kalina crashes against a tree.  He returns to the side of the road.  He also discovers that, his gym bag has been stolen.  Surprisingly, a police sergeant stops and talks to F.Kalina.  F.Kalina explains that, his gym bag has been stolen.  The police sergeant asks F.Kalina, to where are you going?  F.Kalina replies, to Jozef Kalina’s farm.  Surprisingly, Sergeant Nowak knows of both men; Jozef and Franciszek.  Sergeant Nowak offers to give F.Kalina a ride.  F.Kalina accepts the offer, and, he gets in.  While on the road, F.Kalina talks about the shadow figure in the forest.  Sergeant Nowak explains that, there have been problems with vacationers recently.  Surprisingly, Sergeant Nowak reveals that, he knows that, Jola has left Jozef Kalina.  Furthermore, that Jozef Kalina didn’t keep to himself, with the other villagers, when Jola was with him.  They arrive at J.Kalina’s farm, and, they walk to the door.  Sergeant Nowak invites F.Kalina to the police station; the next day.  He wants F.Kalina to file a report.  J.Kalina arrives at the front door, and, he recognizes his brother.  Apparently, Jola and the children are living with F.Kalina in the City of Chicago.  Surprisingly, J.Kalina asks about his ex-wife and children.  F.Kalina tells his brother that, his gym bag was stolen.  In the house, J.Kalina prepares the stove, to be able, to make tea.  F.Kalina wants to talk about the matter, at hand.  He wants to know, why, Jola left him.  Furthermore, why she is living with him in the City of Chicago?  F.Kalina says that, she isn’t talking.  J.Kalina asks about the purpose of his visit.  J.Kalina ignores his brother.  F.Kalina demands answers.  J.Kalina becomes angry, and, he says random things.  Unexpectedly, a rock flies through the window.  J.Kalina thinks that, it could be the vacationers.  The next day, J.Kalina and F.Kalina visit the cemetery.  They visit the grave of their parents.  Apparently, F.Kalina didn’t attend the funeral.  J.Kalina reprimands F.Kalina for that fact.  J.Kalina leaves the cemetery.  At the entrance, he argues with a priest.  At his parents’ grave, F.Kalina lights a candle.  F.Kalina returns to the village.  He buys a newspaper, and, talks to the men.  An old man knows that F.Kalina lives, in the U.S.A.  F.Kalina reveals that, this is his first visit in 20 years.  They continue talking, and unexpectedly, the old man’s granddaughter arrives for him.  The old man is called Suds.  F.Kalina continues talking to the other men.  One of the men reveals that, J.Kalina’s wife left for the U.S.A.  Unexpectedly, Sergeant Nowak calls F.Kalina over to the police station.  Sergeant Nowak begins the process of filing a police report.  The report is about the stolen gym bag.  Out of nowhere, F.Kalina asks Sergeant Nowak if, the village hates his brother.  Unexpectedly, a priest arrives and Sergeant Nowak leaves, with him.  Surprisingly, the other police officer reveals the information.  J.Kalina owes a big fine, because, he damaged the road.  The police officer also reveals that, the people of the village wanted to kill J.Kalina.  Furthermore, that Sergeant Nowak stopped them.  Surprisingly, F.Kalina asks about the road.  The police officer says that, it is the road that takes you to the old tannery.  F.Kalina decides to walk to the old tannery.  On the way there, F.Kalina meets the granddaughter of Suds.  The granddaughter is a doctor, at the local clinic.  Apparently, she knows that J.Kalina’s wife has left him.  Furthermore, that she left for the U.S.A.  She also asks if, she is doing okay.  F.Kalina says that, she is okay.  Surprisingly, F.Kalina asks if, she knows the reason.  The granddaughter says that, she doesn’t know.  However, she did make plans and preparations.  F.Kalina asks about the damaged road.  The granddaughter of Suds takes F.Kalina, to the location of the damaged road.  The woman explains that, J.Kalina took off the surface of the road.  The woman’s name is Justyna.  Justyna leaves F.Kalina, at the site of the damaged road.  She also says to F.Kalina, to say hello to Jola, for her.  Justyna decides to leave.  F.Kalina looks at the damaged road surface, for himself.  He also finds the old tannery.  At the farm, J.Kalina works cutting straw.  F.Kalina arrives to help his brother.  He also asks about the damaged road.  J.Kalina avoids the question.  The two men work cutting straw.  They also talk about things.  F.Kalina reveals that, he works doing manual labor.  They continue talking and working.  Unexpectedly, J.Kalina becomes angry and leaves.  The scene changes.  J.Kalina and F.Kalina visit a bank.  Unexpectedly, J.Kalina is denied a loan.  The loan was to go against the value of the farm.  Apparently, J.Kalina is not considered to be, the owner of the farm.  The bank manager also reveals that, J.Kalina’s father didn’t have authority to transfer the farm.  J.Kalina leaves in an angry manner.  F.Kalina stays behind to ask a question.  He asks about his father, not having authority to transfer.  The bank manager suggests, the municipal government.  Outside the bank, J.Kalina waits for F.Kalina.  They walk to the office of the municipal government.  However, the office is closed.  F.Kalina goes to the store, and, J.Kalina goes to a bar.  For some unknown reason, three men beat up J.Kalina.  They pretend the fight is over soccer.  F.Kalina enters the bar.  Additionally, he finds an empty place and blood on the floor.  He looks around the place.  Outside the bar, he finds J.Kalina.  The bartender is treating J.Kalina’s bloodied and broken nose.  The bartender is a woman.  She also says that, the men are workers.  However, she doesn’t know more.  They return to the farm, on a bus.  They get off the bus.  Furthermore, they walk and talk.  Unexpectedly, J.Kalina reveals what he has done.  Apparently, J.Kalina steals tombstones.  The tombstones are taken from the road and several other places.  He also puts them in the field, which is part, of the farm.  They argue at the location of the tombstones.  J.Kalina reveals that, he has 328.  J.Kalina explains that, the first were discovered on the road.  The story goes back to World War II, and, during the Nazi German occupation.  The tombstones are of dead Jews.  They were also used as a base for the road.  The road was built by the Nazi German soldiers.  Furthermore, J.Kalina found more in several other places.  J.Kalina also reveals that, he buys them from the people of the village.  He usually pays 100, for each tombstone.  The language on the tombstone is Hebrew.  J.Kalina reveals that, he learned the language.  He also cannot explain his obsession.  Furthermore, the tombstones are not a hobby.  J.Kalina also reveals that, the village became angry at him.  Furthermore, his wife took the side of the village.  This is the reason, his wife and children left him.  During dinner, they continue talking.  J.Kalina says that, he cannot explain, why he does it.  It just feels, to him, like the right thing to do.  J.Kalina continues to explain, how, he feels.  Surprisingly, F.Kalina doesn’t like the idea of helping Jews.  He also doesn’t like Jews, in the City of Chicago.  Out of nowhere, F.Kalina asks about their church.  J.Kalina says that, the Parish Priest knows and doesn’t care what he does.  However, the young priest is angry at him.  F.Kalina doesn’t understand, why, J.Kalina cares so much.  The next day, F.Kalina returns to the village.  Surprisingly, men are looking for J.Kalina.  Other men help diffuse the situation.  F.Kalina thanks the men, for their help.  He also visits the Parish Priest.  F.Kalina sits down to talk with the Parish Priest.  The Parish Priest shares that, he has a memory of his family.  F.Kalina shares that, he feels guilty about not visiting his parents, when they died.  The Parish Priest shares that, he approves of what J.Kalina is doing.  F.Kalina says that, the men have started to beat up his brother.  He also says that, the tombstones around the bell tower are next on his list.  F.Kalina and the Parish Priest, decide to make plans.  As he is leaving, the young priest asks to speak with him.  The young priest reveals that, the Parish Priest is retiring and leaving soon.  He also asks F.Kalina to keep things quiet.  Surprisingly, the young priest reveals that, the men are his.  In the field, J.Kalina and F.Kalina talk.  They talk about the harvest.  J.Kalina says that, he has scheduled the harvester.  F.Kalina reveals his arrangement with the Parish Priest.  Other people are going to remove the tombstones, around the bell tower.  J.Kalina doesn’t agree with the agreement.  F.Kalina wants to talk about it later on.  He also asks to borrow the tractor.  F.Kalina travels to the village, on the tractor.  Unexpectedly and on the road, a suspicious car follows the tractor.  Surprisingly, F.Kalina gets off the tractor.  He walks over to the car, with a large wrench in his hand.  The car drives away, in the opposite direction.  After buying things, F.Kalina talks to Justyna.  Surprisingly, F.Kalina asks which priest visits the clinic, for last rites.  Justyna says, the Parish Priest.  On the road, the suspicious car finds F.Kalina.  He also loses his purchases, in the process.  F.Kalina decides to chase after the suspicious car.  The attempt doesn’t work, and, F.Kalina returns to the farm.  F.Kalina asks J.Kalina about the suspicious car.  J.Kalina doesn’t know about that car.  Surprisingly and during the night, J.Kalina and F.Kalina decide to work together.  They sit on the tractor, and, wait for the young priest to leave.  Surprisingly, the young priest leaves, and, the Kalina brothers get ready.  They open the gate, and, they enter the church.  Unfortunately, a villager is watching them.  J.Kalina and F.Kalina load tombstones, onto the tractor.  Unexpectedly, the people of the village stand and watch.  J.Kalina and F.Kalina finish, but, the people of the village block the exit.  The Parish Priest arrives to help.  The people of the village accuse the Kalina brothers of thievery.  The Parish Priest says that, they are not stealing.  He also attempts to explain the story of the tombstones.  Apparently, the people of the village, don’t like Jews.  The Parish Priest orders everyone, to their homes.  The people move out of the way, and, let the tractor pass.  During the night, J.Kalina and F.Kalina place the tombstones, in the field.  They work putting the tombstones into place.  Unexpectedly, F.Kalina runs into the forest, because, he thinks he sees something.  In the forest, he uses his lighter and looks around.  F.Kalina finds an empty pack of cigarettes.  Early in the morning, J.Kalina and F.Kalina sit and talk.  F.Kalina talks about the empty pack of cigarettes.  J.Kalina talks about the harvester, which didn’t show up.  J.Kalina and F.Kalina travel to the business, which owns the harvester.  The harvester is not in the shop.  J.Kalina is told that, he lost his place in line.  Additionally, his field will be the last field.  F.Kalina becomes part of the argument.  The Kalina brothers are forced to accept the situation.  They return to the farm, riding their bicycles.  They also talk about things.  Surprisingly, F.Kalina goes in a different direction.  He is able to find the harvester, and, he confronts the driver.  The driver doesn’t want to be involved, in the matter.  J.Kalina returns to his field of tombstones.  F.Kalina visits and talks to the municipal government.  The clerk takes out the archives and maps.  They talk about the registry of land lots.  The clerk is able to find the name Kalina.  Unfortunately, there is something that is incorrect.  Apparently, the Kalina land is the marshland and the river.  F.Kalina argues that the land deed, which they received from their father, shows different land lots.  The clerk says that, the date on the land deed is wrong; May 17, 1945.  Specifically, it is 2 months before The Agrarian Reform.  The clerk insists that, the Kalina land is marshland.  The farm, which they believe is their farm, is land lots owned by Jew families.  Apparently, other people from the village have the same situation.  The Kalina farm was once Wimelman land.  The Jew families were killed by the Nazi German soldiers.  Additionally, the Jew families don’t have an heir to claim the land.  At the same time, J.Kalina returns to the house.  He discovers the Star of David and the word Jew, painted in various places.  The perpetrators also killed the dog.  On the road, F.Kalina rides his bicycle.  Unexpectedly, the suspicious car attempts to run him over.  F.Kalina returns to the farm, and, he discovers what happened.  He also buries the dog.  F.Kalina and J.Kalina work and talk.  F.Kalina shares what he learned, about the land deed.  Apparently, J.Kalina doesn’t know that their land, is marshland.  F.Kalina also reveals that the farms, are originally Jew farms belonging to Jew families.  Unfortunately, the law is on their side.  Any efforts to re-claim the land, would be victorious.  Obviously, this is the reason the people of the village hate J.Kalina.  They don’t want him to touch the Jew tombstones, because, they don’t want to lose their farm.  From this point forward; the series of events, take the viewer, to the end.  Someone sets the Kalina field on fire.  J.Kalina and F.Kalina discover a mass grave.  They also learn about their father’s role, in the killing of Jews.  J.Kalina is murdered.  You have to watch, to know how, J.Kalina’s body is left to be found.  Finally; you have to watch, in order to know, how this movie ends.

            The movie narrative of the feature film, Aftermath (2012), ends with some Hollywood facts.  The countries of origin are Poland, Russia and the Netherlands.  The official language is Polish.  There are other notable release dates.  The other notable release dates are:  Poland, October 20, 2012 (Warsaw Film Festival); U.S.A., July 30, 2013 (San Francisco Jewish Film Festival); U.S.A., November 11, 2013 (Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival); U.S.A., February 9, 2014 (Portland Film Festival) and U.S.A., April 10, 2014 (Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival).  There is 1 filming location, in total, for this particular movie.  The filming location is the Country of Poland.  Unfortunately, there is limited box office data.  The opening weekend is November 28, 2014, and, for the U.S.A.  On its opening weekend, this movie made $1,124 USD.  This movie is considered to be closed in theaters, on December 5, 2014.  The gross profits, that are reported, are $2,955 dollars.  The production companies are Apple Film Productions, Metra Films and Topkapi Films.  There are several distributors, for this particular movie.  All of the distributors include the following; Menemsha Films (U.S.A./World-Wide), Wild Bunch Benelux (Netherlands), Film1 (Netherlands) and September Film (Netherlands).   

            To end and as always, RB28’s Movie Narratives, encourages you to continue reading the posted movie narratives.  The aforementioned blog strives to provide basic information, so that it, becomes inspiration.  Movies are a great pleasure to RB28’s Movie Narratives, and, the blog’s author hopes that they are for you as well.  For this week, and in conclusion, the feature film was Aftermath (2012).  RB28’s Movie Narratives looks forward to seeing you next week, when we highlight another movie.

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