Barbara Bursztynowicz

Królowa Bona

Szpital św. Anny

Blindness

A little known episode from the life of Stalinist security police office Julia Brystiger. Her nickname Bloody Luna was a reference to her incredibly brutal methods of interrogation. In the early 1960s, she appears in a centre for the blind on the outskirts of Warsaw, a place often visited by Cardinal Wyszyński, whose imprisonment in 1953-1956 Brystiger supervised personally. During a difficult and heated discussion with the cardinal, Brystiger denounces the communist ideology and begs for forgiveness for her crimes and for guidance in her search for God.

Children and Fish

Emotional adventures of a 40-year-old Warsaw businesswoman whose life lacks nothing but a man. One day, the protagonist, busy running a large advertising agency, faces a life choice: her ex-husband, who returns from the US after ten years, her current lover, an architect, or her former love from school...

Clinch

A young factory worker takes up on boxing as a way to find himself and advance his chances for the future. But the difficulties of sorting himself out in the crooked boxing environment hold him back in the beginning, until he arrives for tournament in Chicago, where he can prove himself. In the end, he wins over his Yank opponent, an amateur below his ranking, and is back in the factory.

Klan

Family is the most important thing, and the children of Władysław and Maria Lubicz from Warsaw can always count on each other, no matter what surprises life offers.

Daze

An actor is married to a dancer whose drug addiction drives them to desperation when World War II breaks out.

Odwrócona góra albo film pod strasznym tytułem

An adaptation of the book by Jerzy Niemczuk. The protagonists are strange but friendly creatures inhabiting the heart of the forest - Tatun, Mamuna, their child Sonek and grandfather Lesavik. The grandfather's inventions - including a kite, a znikolina and a conusola - save the children trapped in the mighty Marbat castle.

Nothing Stands in the Way

Jerzy and Zofia are offered a job in Africa. A married couple is faced with the dilemma of leaving or taking care of the man's mother and her sister.