Peter and Bozena are studying medicine, they love each other and want to be together. The girl, after a dramatic experience, breaks off contact with her parents and moves out. With the help of a friend, the young couple manages to rent a small apartment. However, their life is not going well. Peter begins to cheat on Bozena. Accidentally met Joe slips the girl a drug. One time was enough for Bozena to go in search of an illusory land of happiness - Alabama, which does not exist. However, the girl finds out too late.
Acting
Maria Probosz's devastating descent from hope to hollow.
Direction
Rydzewski's unflinching 80s Polish social realism.
Director
Ryszard Rydzewski
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Poland's final communist years, 'Alabama' captures a generation's desperate fantasy of Western escape — the title itself becomes a cruel joke about American dreams.
Director Rydzewski was primarily a documentarian; this rare fiction film borrows that same merciless observational eye. Probosz, a major Polish star, reportedly struggled to shake the role for months.
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