Prime Time - SPOILER-FREE Review | Sundance 2021

Prime Time - SPOILER-FREE Review | Sundance 2021

Directed by: Jakub Piątek

Written by: Jakub Piątek, Łukasz Czapski

Starring: Bartosz Bielenia, Magdalena Popławska, Andrzej Kłak, Małgorzata Hajewska-Krzysztofik, Dobromir Dymecki, Monika Frajczyk

Runtime: 93 min

Synopsis: New Year’s Eve 1999. Twenty-year-old Sebastian (Bartosz Bielenia), armed with a gun, hijacks a TV studio and takes two hostages—a famous TV presenter and a security guard. His plan? No one seems to know, including Sebastian himself. His demand to deliver his message, whatever that may be, via live broadcast is repeatedly thwarted by an uncertain police force and an egotistical network chairman. As the night wears on, Sebastian and the hostages bond in unexpected ways, while those in power fumble to restore order.

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