Oh my! what a beautiful heart wrenching movie this is. The story is minimal, the characters are mostly people you wouldn´t normally root for, but it´s one of the most poetic, romantic tragedies ever put on film. Kind of like a "Rear window" with an emotional twist. A simple story of people in search of love that don´t know how to deal with their own lives, that becomes an examination of what love really is and how to deal with loss. It can make most men cry at the end. One of my favorite movies

A simple but effective story on obsession, voyeurism and guilt. I liked how Kieslowski didn't reveal too much about Tomek and allows the viewer to add his own interpretations about why he is the way he is. It added another level to the film for me. Visuals are great and the actors were great too.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE ENDING OF THIS MOVIE.

Creepy and sad, but that's what makes it so poignant and fantastic. The characters are broken but endearing people and we get to witness a series of wonderful little moments in their lives. The changes from the Dekalog episode are slight but do help to flesh things out a little.

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Being Polish and all, I figured I ought to check out Kieslowski. Took me a while, but I am fiercely glad I did. ASFAL is technically fantastic and the acting is really great, too, completely elevating the quaint premise from small and simple to, erm, biblical proportion.

A well paced investigation in voyeurism, humiliation, adolescence, understanding, and neighbourly love.

Fantastic, the dekalog's are

Strikingly different form the shortened version that appears in Kieslowski's Decalogue (6), the film details the human need to love and be loved. The shy, loving teen and the older woman who scorns love rarely occupy the same frame, desiring but unable to truly connect. Only in the masterful final scenes, as the couple begins to feel and see through the eyes of the other, is the dangerous possibility of real love awakened--or crushed for good.

A simple story told both beautifully and poetically, capturing a certain humane essence like only Kieslowski could. It's still unbelievable that 'the decalogue' contained 10 of these gems.

lovely funny story

very good, need to see more Kie%u015Blowski

A very intimate film about a peeping tom.

There is not a lot of depth to A Short Film About Love, and the characters are quite crudely drawn, but for its seemingly light weight it carries impact. It is sentimental, but always tasteful, never trite. Because of the simplicity of the characterization, it relies crucially on acting, and that the three principal actors are perfectly type-cast and give powerful performances is indispensable to the film's artistic success.

I had a serious problem with all the voyeurism and obession in the beginning, but like classic Kieslowki, Tomek confessed to it fairly soon and the movie really takes off in the best way from that point. For a runtime of only about 80 minutes, it's a pretty impressive film and allows the viewer to come to their own conclusions.

Still a marvelous piece of cinema, but I much prefer the shorter Decalogue 6.