A Short Film About Love
A hauntingly beautiful masterwork of voyeurism and longing, where a young man's distant obsession with an older woman transcends the glass separating them to become a profound meditation on the nature of intimacy and the pain of love.
A Short Film About Love
A Short Film About Love

Krótki film o miłości

21 August 1988 Poland 87 min ⭐ 7.8 (403)
Director: Krzysztof Kieślowski
Cast: Grażyna Szapołowska, Olaf Lubaszenko, Stefania Iwińska, Piotr Machalica, Artur Barciś
Drama Romance
Voyeurism as Connection Cynicism vs. Innocence Loneliness and Isolation The Nature of Love

A Short Film About Love - Movie Quotes

Memorable Quotes

Nie chcę cię pocalować. Nie chcę z tobą spać. (I don't want to kiss you. I don't want to sleep with you.)

— Tomek

Context:

During their first "date" at a café, when Magda asks what he wants if not sex or a kiss.

Meaning:

This declaration shatters Magda's worldview. She cannot comprehend a man who desires her without wanting to consume her physically. It defines the purity of Tomek's love.

Chcę nic. (I want nothing.)

— Tomek

Context:

Tomek's response when Magda presses him on what he expects from her.

Meaning:

The ultimate expression of selfless love. It highlights that his satisfaction comes merely from her existence, not from reciprocity.

Nie ma miłości. Jest tylko to. (There is no love. There is only this.)

— Magda

Context:

In her apartment, as she touches herself and Tomek to prove that his feelings are just physiological reactions.

Meaning:

Magda's cynical thesis statement. She equates human connection solely with biology and sex, a view she tries to force upon Tomek.