Arquivo / 49ª mostra

In 1976, in the corridor of the television building Agnieszka —a young filmmaker— is persuading an editor into making a movie about Mateusz Birkut, a labor leader, whose career ended suddenly and unexpectedly sometime around 1950’s. After some negotiations the girl finally begins a private investigation, aiming at determining the causes of the success and fall of Birkut. While learning the history of his dramatic life, Agnieszka finds out and discloses the bitter period of Stalinism in Poland.

Winner of the FIPRESCI award at the Cannes Film Festival.