During a routine traffic stop, the police discovers the body of a girl in the trunk of a truck. Since the dead girl spent the night before with the driver of the car, he becomes the prime suspect. In the course of the trial uncomfortable truths surface.
Acting
Joanna Bogacka's devastating courtroom testimony.
Direction
Lenartowicz's oppressive, suffocating frame composition.
Writing
Dialogue that weaponizes social class against the accused.
Director
Stanisław Lenartowicz
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Poland's communist era, the film slyly critiques state power by focusing on judicial cruelty rather than overt politics.
Director Lenartowicz was blacklisted in 1968 for political reasons; this was his comeback film, and the suffocating atmosphere may be personal.
PL
