Scene from the film A Year in the Life of a Country
Scene from the film A Year in the Life of a Country
Scene from the film A Year in the Life of a Country
Scene from the film A Year in the Life of a Country
Scene from the film A Year in the Life of a Country
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A Year in the Life of a Country

Direction
Year 
2024
Country
  • Poland
Duration
85min 
Audio Tracks 
Subtitles 

Poland, 1981. A country on the verge of an unraveling revolution, with communist authorities willing to do whatever it takes to suppress it. General Wojciech Jaruzelski announces a historic decision on national television: Martial Law is imposed in communist Poland on December 13. The next day, tanks take to the streets. Soldiers control the cities, enforce a curfew, and the army pacifies the striking workers. State-controlled journalists try to discredit the opposition led by Lech Wałęsa, and Solidarity members are imprisoned. Propaganda is in full swing. Rationing of goods, queueing for toilet paper, and other ridiculous attempts to kill the spirit of freedom and independence begin. Shall Poland cry over her fate or laugh about the farcical theater in which she’s the main protagonist?

Details

  • Original title
    Rok z życia kraju
  • Direction
  • Screenplay
    Tomasz Wolski
  • Editing
    Tomasz Wolski
  • Music
    Jerzy Rogiewicz
  • Sound
    Marcin Lenarczyk
  • Duration
    85 min (46-90 min.)
  • Year
    2024
  • Country
    • Poland
  • Colour
    • Black & White
  • Production
      • KIJORA Anna Gawlita
  • Festivals
    • Krakow Film Festival 2024
    • International Film Festival WATCH DOCS 2024
    • FebioFest (Slovakia), 2025
    • Transylvania IFF (Romania), 2025
    • Trieste Film Festival 2025
    • DOK Leipzig (Germany), 2024
    • Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival 2024
  • Awards
    • FIPRESCI Award | GoEast, Germany 2025
    • THE SILVER HORN | Krakow Film Festival 2024

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