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Three minutes of soup-based suffering you can't look away from.

Borscht (2023)

Micro-budget poetryKitchen sink doomBeet-red despair

Overview

Drama

A short film depicting the existential suffering of a young man living in poverty.

Flag of PLPLPolish
philosophicalexistentialistsoupyouth poverty
Economic precarityAbsurdism as copingThe dignity of hunger

Standout Aspects

Direction

Sztuka stretches three minutes into eternity.

Acting

Kowalczyk's eyes contain multitudes of unpaid bills.

Best for:Solo: When you need to feel something, anything, at 2 AM.·Streaming: Between doomscrolling sessions for maximum damage.
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Director

Jan Sztuka

ReleasedSep 8, 2023
Runtime3m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Paceslow
Intensitymedium
Tonedark
Feelheavy
Budget$7

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Cultural

Borscht as poverty symbol has deep Eastern European roots; this short weaponizes that cultural shorthand for universal dread.

Insight

The 0.0 TMDB rating with zero votes suggests it hasn't been widely seen—making you part of an exclusive club of beet-trauma survivors.

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