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“★★★★ – calls to mind the award-winning films of director Yorgos Lanthimos” – Guardian

“★★★★ – a potent cocktail of tradition and modernity” – welovecinema.com

First-time director Piotr Adamski delivers a stylish thriller that turns the familiar tropes of family feuds and patriarchy into a well-observed exploration of modern male entitlement.

In a dystopian world regulated by an inexorable patriarchal code, the Nowak and Kowalski families have been embroiled in a vendetta for years. When the Nowaks’ son dies at the hand of Klara Kowalska, his sister Ewa Nowak is faced with a stark choice: exacting revenge in the name of family honour on the one hand, and her own life and freedom on the other.

Dir: Piotr Adamski
Cast: Maja Pankiewicz, Marcin Czarnik, Paulina Krzyżanska
Poland, 2019

BBFC certification: 15