A story of a young woman arrested by police on the day of her wedding for embezzlement, and promptly sentenced to life. She is already pregnant and has her baby in prison. Immediately after birth they are separated and only later Klara finds out that the child had a spine injury in an orphanage. After the years her sentence is shortened and she is released from prison on parole after 12 years.
Acting
Ewa Błaszczyk's silent suffering could shatter stone.
Direction
Saniewski's clinical eye refuses comfort.
Director
Wiesław Saniewski
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during final years of Polish People's Republic, reflecting real prison conditions and state orphanage scandals suppressed by communist censors.
The 12-year time jump deliberately avoids showing Klara's adjustment, denying viewers catharsis—mirroring how the state denied her closure.
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