Directed by:
Wladyslaw PasikowskiScreenplay:
Wladyslaw PasikowskiCinematography:
Pawel EdelmanComposer:
Jan DuszyńskiCast:
Ireneusz Czop, Maciej Stuhr, Jerzy Radziwilowicz, Andrzej Mastalerz, Zbigniew Zamachowski, Danuta Szaflarska, Zuzana Fialová, Wojciech Zielinski (more)VOD (1)
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Franciszek Kalina returns to Poland after years of living abroad, alarmed that his younger brother is at odds with the residents of their village. Upon arrival, Franciszek discovers that the source of the dispute is a dark secret from years ago. The estranged brothers try to find out the truth. Their investigation only deepens the conflict, which turns into outright aggression. (Fresh Film Fest)
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Polish filmmakers once again showed off their skill and craft and made a brilliant drama that opens up a rather brutal Polish stigma from the war. And I must say that I’m really glad they opened it up even though the Polish don’t really like to be reminded of it. But national stigmata need to be accepted and people need to move on. If they are not talked about, they will remain unresolved and there will still be hatred within the nation. In our case, this was shown pretty well by Juraj Herz in Habermann’s Mill. War is simply a mess and it leads to the kind of stories you can see in this movie. After the movie was over, I wanted to give it five stars based on the topic itself. But I was a bit disappointed about the way they cut off the ending, and also when I thought about it, I had no idea how those tombstones got there in the first place. It was also quite funny that Franciszek kept wearing a suit everywhere he went… in the fields, in the marshes… couldn’t he have borrowed some regular clothes from his brother, like a pair of regular pants and a T-shirt? Apart from this, the movie is the bomb! Another gem made by Polish filmmakers and I guess it’s the most self-critical and most controversial topic I have seen them tackle so far.
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