Completed - POLISH - Historical, Drama - 110 minutes
Haunted by her ruthless past, a former high-ranking security officer in Poland’s communist government seeks an audience with the Primate of the Polish Catholic Church, in this compelling drama from Ryszard Bugajski (Interrogation).
Year of production : 2016 Director(s) : Ryszard BUGAJSKI Writer(s) : Ryszard BUGAJSKI Cast : Maria MAMONA, Małgorzata ZAJĄCZKOWSKA, Janusz GAJOS, Marek KALITA Producer(s) : Ryszard BUGAJSKI (RB FILM SP ZOO)
The film shows an obscure episode from the life of a Stalinist criminal – Colonel of the Office of Public Security, Julia Brystiger. Her nickname was “Bloody Luna” because during interrogations she tortured prisoners with extreme cruelty. At the beginning of 1960s she appeared in Laski near Warsaw, in the Institute for the Blind, where the Primate of Poland, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński, was also a frequent visitor. His imprisonment in the years 1953-1956 was supervised by none other than Julia Brystiger herself. During the difficult and tempestuous conversation with the Primate, Julia Brystiger rejects the communist ideology, asks for her crimes to be forgiven and for help in finding God…
Country(ies) : POLAND
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Toronto - TIFF 2016 (Contemporary World Cinema)Gdynia Film Festival 2016 (Main Competition)