The Peasants

Name: The Peasants
Genre: Drama, History, Animation
Released: December 8, 2023
Duration: 114 min
Rating: 61
Cast: Andrzej Konopka, Cezary Lukaszewicz, Cyprian Grabowski, Dorota Stalinska, Ewa Kasprzyk

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Sony Pictures Classics | Release Date: December 8, 2023 | R

Starring: Andrzej Konopka, Cezary Lukaszewicz, Cyprian Grabowski, Dorota Stalinska, Ewa Kasprzyk, Helena Korczycka, Kamila Urzedowska, Malgorzata Kozuchowska, Mateusz Rusin, Miroslaw Baka, Robert Gulaczyk, Sonia Bohosiewicz, Sonia Mietielica

Summary: The Peasants tells the story of Jagna, a young woman determined to forge her own path within the confines of a late 19th century Polish village – a hotbed of gossip and on-going feuds, held together, rich and poor, by pride in their land, adherence to colourful traditions and deep-rooted patriarchy. When Jagna finds herself caught betweenThe Peasants tells the story of Jagna, a young woman determined to forge her own path within the confines of a late 19th century Polish village – a hotbed of gossip and on-going feuds, held together, rich and poor, by pride in their land, adherence to colourful traditions and deep-rooted patriarchy. When Jagna finds herself caught between the conflicting desires of the village’s richest farmer, his eldest son, and other leading men of the community, her resistance puts her on a tragic collision course with the community around her. An adaptation of Władysław Reymont’s Nobel Prize–winning novel. … Expand

Director: Dorota Kobiela and Hugh Welchman

Genre(s): Drama, History, Animation

Rating: R

Runtime: 114 min

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Kyle Smith

Feb 1, 2024

With its feel for both beauty and ugliness, the film transports us to this unfamiliar milieu with a richness rarely attempted in the cinema anymore. Read full review

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IndieWire Christian Blauvelt

Sep 18, 2023

Bringing this 1,000-page novel to animated life in this way isn’t just an adaptation, it’s an illumination. It makes real the heightened reality that exists in your mind when reading a particularly captivating book. Read full review

Collider Ross Bonaime

Sep 19, 2023

As a live-action film, The Peasants would’ve been a grand achievement, but by taking the time to animate these frames and add that extra texture to this story, the Welchmans have made one of the most impressive animated films of the year by far. Read full review

The Observer (UK) Wendy Ide

Dec 11, 2023

The film is a match for Lars von Trier’s Dogville in its grimly relentless approach to misogyny and sexual violence. A disconcertingly beautiful picture about the ugliness of humanity. Read full review

Michael O'Sullivan

Mar 7, 2024

There’s the potential for some real emotion here, as well as a touch of real-world commentary about a woman with 21st-century sensibilities trapped in a 19th-century world that feels, at times, medieval. But we can only catch glimpses of it beneath all the flickering layers of paint. Read full review

Natalia Winkelman

Jan 25, 2024

As the story’s melodrama grows repetitive, so do the visuals. Read full review

G. Allen Johnson

Feb 7, 2024

The Peasants is filled with sniping, fistfights, brutal violence and sexual assaults and becomes unbearable through its nearly two-hour running time. Most of these characters you wouldn’t want to spend more than five minutes with, if that. Read full review

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