2013 · drama · crime · political
Traffic Department
Directed by Wojtek Smarzowski1h 58m2013
Seven policemen, seven deadly sins, a murder case, secrets and the filth of everyday police work: Traffic Department transports the viewer into the darkest Warsaw streets.
Our read: Traffic Department (2013) reads as a heavy, kinetic, grounded drama · crime · political entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, extreme drama / crime, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- extreme
- bleak
- cold
- twisty
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