Kill It and Leave This Town

2020 Polish film
  • 22 February 2020 (2020-02-22) (Berlin)
  • 5 March 2021 (2021-03-05)
Running time
88 minutesCountryPolandLanguagePolishBox 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

  • Krystyna Janda as Janek's mother
  • Andrzej Chyra as Janek's father
  • Maja Ostaszewska as Janek
  • Barbara Krafftówna as Mariusz's mother (old)
  • Anna Dymna as Mariusz's mother (young)
  • Gustaw Holoubek as Mariusz's alter ego

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

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.

External links

  • Kill It and Leave This Town at the filmpolski.pl
  • Kill It and Leave This Town at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata