Pardon (2019) [N/A]
Featuring:
Grazyna Blecka-Kolska, Jan Jankowski, Michal Kaleta
Written by:
Jan Jakub Kolski
Directed by:
Jan Jakub Kolski
Release Date:
February 22, 2019
Original Title:
Ułaskawienie
Genres:
Drama
Production Companies:
Centrala
EC1 Łódź
Magiclab
Mimesis Film
Odra-Film
Sentimentalfilm
Telewizja Polska
Wytwórnia Doświadczalna
Production Countries:
Czech Republic | Poland | Slovakia
Ratings / Certifications:
SK: 15
Runtime: 100
The story of a soldier’s parents told from the perspective of their 17-year-old grandson, Janek
Set in the realities of post-war Poland, the film tells the story of mourning parents setting off on their last journey with their son, as seen from the point of view of their grandson Jan. The son of Hanna and Jacob, a Home Army soldier Waclaw "Odrowaz" Szewczyk, is shot by the secret police in the autumn of 1946. After suffering a series of humiliations by the new authorities, who continuously desecrate their child's corpse, Hanna and Jacob decide to provide their son with a proper burial in the Paclawska Calvary, 500 km away. Their venture through Poland - a country still haunted by the post-war nightmare, becomes a metaphorical journey into the depths of the human soul and an attempt to reorder the world in which neighbors turn against each other, and where one's current enemy may become an unexpected ally.
