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and misrepresenting the historical truth. At the same time though, it inspired among Poles "a new curiosity in Polish Jewish history", including for
Pasikowski. Pasikowski stated, "The film isn't an adaptation of the book, which is documented and factual, but the film did grow out of it, since it was
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The movie ends with a scene of a group of young and older
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as paving stones in a now abandoned road. Józef is gathering the tombstones everywhere in the settlement and moves them into his own field to survive from oblivion. Against the growing opposition of the town residents, the Kalina brothers attempt to learn more about what happened to the Jews of the
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Over the course of about a decade, Pasikowski struggled to have the film produced. He encountered difficulties "securing financing for his controversial script" and "struggling with how to best approach what is, for many Poles, still a largely taboo subject". Ultimately, it took seven years for
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the film has an approval rating of 83% based on 35 reviews, with an average rating of 7.4/10. The website's consensus states: "It represents an occasionally uneven collision of genres, but all in all, Wladyslaw
Pasikowski's Aftermath delves into Holocaust guilt with power and efficiency."
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