All That I Love
Winning Polish feature All That I Love lends a few unfamiliar wrinkles to some familiar coming-of-age tropes. Its protag is a high schooler with his own punk band in 1981, just as the Solidarity movement begins to seriously threaten communist rule. Deftly combining music, romance, politics and family drama, this autobiographical third feature by Jacek Borcuch (Tulips) is a thorough charmer that should pick up admirers on the fest circuit, with hopes of sparking interest from distribs en route.
– Dennis Harvey, Variety
Set in Poland in 1981, the film situates the standard coming-of-age tale of four teens fighting the world as a fledgling punk band in the midst of a much larger conflict: the Communist crackdown of the early 1980s, when the Polish government responded to pro-democracy rumblings with two years of martial law. The resulting film is a beautifully shot teen melodrama that gains unusual depth from its historical placement and director Borcuch’s knowing way with his cast and material. This is teen angst from the inside; quietly uncanny moments abound.
– David Schmader, The Stranger Magazine
Original name: Wszystko, Co Kocham
Duration: 95 min
Dialogue: Polish
Subtitles: English
Age limit: K15
