A 79-minute Polish time bomb of doomed love that'll wreck your entire afternoon.
The story of the tumultuous relationship between a Jewish girl called Noemi and a Polish art student named Kamil is set at the outbreak of World War II.
Acting
Czyżewska's eyes contain multitudes of impending doom.
Direction
Nasfeter weaponizes runtime brevity as narrative pressure.
Cinematography
Shadows of war literally encroach on every frame.
Director
Janusz Nasfeter
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Poland's communist period, the film's Jewish protagonist was quietly radical—Holocaust narratives were heavily state-controlled and often suppressed.
Elżbieta Czyżewska became a controversial figure after defecting to the US in the 1960s, making this early performance part of a career the Polish government later tried to erase.
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