A middle-aged man sets out on a symbolic journey through past, present, and future to learn why an old friend committed suicide, and learns much about his own life along the way.
17세기 폴란드, 요제프 신부는 정확한 정체를 알 수 없는 끔찍한 사건이 벌어졌다는 이야기를 듣고 조사를 위해 외딴 수도원을 방문한다. 그는 악령에 씌인 요안나 수녀가 사건의 중심에 있으며, 다른 신부들은 엑소시즘에 여러 차례 실패했다는 이야기를 듣는다. 호러 장르적 요소를 갖춘 작품으로 1961년 칸영화제 심사위원특별상을 수상했다. (2019 한-폴 수교 30주년 기념 폴란드 영화제)
Rumsza, the elderly railwayman, leading a sedate life with his wife, misses his only remaining son (two older boys were killed in the war). Joziuk finally returns from the military in the first scene but with the pregnant Zosia, while Rumsza expected him to marry Celinka, the daughter of Krywka, his only friend and neighbour. The hero will not accept the new situation; he throws his son and Zosia out of his house. Celinka is distressed but she still harbours hope for Joziuk. The birth of the child changes the situation: Rumsza accepts his son's relationship but Celinka decides to leave.
