La historia de una tragedia de la Segunda Guerra Mundial en un pueblo polaco mezclada con la historia de una boda que tiene lugar en el mismo lugar 100 años después. Una mirada a una comunidad xenófoba que olvida su propia historia.
Olka is seventeen years old. For years, she had been looking for her mother. Her constant escapes from the orphanage landed her in a reformatory. She only wants her mother back.
Anything is possible in Warsaw rising from the war rubble in 1953. The omnipresent uncertainty, denunciations, and the sense of constant surveillance are tamed with the help of vodka and good company. A renowned writer, Mister T. lives in a hotel for authors and makes a living by giving extra lessons. One day, a young countryside man moves into the next-door flat with big dreams of working as a journalist. Mister T. becomes his mentor and teacher. The pace of the protagonist's life quickens once the authorities begin to suspect him of an evil wish to blow up the Palace of Culture and Science, and Secret Police agents start to watch every move he makes. It is hard to stay serious in this ridiculous reality.
A few years back tragic events tied the fate of three Catholic priests. From then on they meet on every anniversary of the disaster to celebrate their survival. On an everyday basis they have their ups and downs. Lisowski works at the curia in a big city, has a career and is dreaming of the Vatican. Problem is, archbishop Mordowicz, an opulent church official who uses his political influence to build the largest sanctuary in Poland, gets in his way. The second priest, Trybus, is a village parson. He ministers to a poor community and gives in to human weaknesses more and more often. Kukuła is not faring well either. Despite his fervent faith, he loses the trust of his parishioners actually overnight. Soon the stories of the three clergymen are going to join once again.
La historia comienza en 1939 en Volinia (Wołyń), una pequeña población fronteriza entre Polonia y Ucrania. Zosia (Michalina Labacz) es una chica polaca que, a pesar de estar enamorada de Petro, un chico ucraniano de su pueblo, se ve obligada a casarse con un viudo rico. Pero estalla la Segunda Guerra Mundial, y pronto surgen tensiones étnicas que enfrentan a ambos bandos. En medio del caos de guerra, Zosia intenta sobrevivir... (FILMAFFINITY)
