A Year of the Quiet Sun

Rok spokojnego slońca, feature film, Poland/USA/Zapadna Njema, 1984

DIRECTED BY: Krzysztof Zanussi

A Year of the Quiet Sun

CAST:
Maja Komorowska (Emilia),
Scott Wilson (Norman),
Hanna Skarzanka (Emilijina majka),
Ewa Dalkowska (Stella),
Vadim Glowna (Herman)

SCRIPT:
Krzysztof Zanussi

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Slawomir Idziak

Synopsis:
American soldier Norman and Polish widow Emilia meet in Poland after the end of World War II. Although coming from two completely different worlds, struggling with the language barrier and recovering from the horrors of war, they become friends. While Norman is waiting to go back to the USA, they fall in love and plan to leave together. But Emilia is tied to Poland because she is caring for her ill mother...
The director was awarded Golden Lion for this film in Venice in 1984.

color, digital, 107 min

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