Blindness

What Maria Mamona delivers in the titular role could be described, without exaggeration, as an extraordinary acting performance that takes your breath away. Ryszard Bugajski directed an incredibly powerful film, saturated with a heavy atmosphere so palpable that it reflects not only the guilty conscience of the "Bloody Luna" character but also that of each of us. Many passages of the film are thought-provoking. I myself do not believe in God, but after watching the intensely charged scene where Julia Brystigier finally has a conversation with the cardinal, I can at least imagine that when a person is at a loss, repentance and turning to faith can be a certain comfort. (90%) (04/29/2021)

Another Polish reaction to the stigma of the 50s in the country. Poles really put it in front of the audience, that's the truth. A harsh drama about an exemplary communist, about whom I had no idea. I found the character literally repulsive. Maria Mamona played her wonderfully. Throughout the movie, I kept wondering what was going on in her head, what the movie was trying to tell me. Sometimes, however, the viewer doesn't have to look for answers, it's enough when the story opens up topics and closes one sadly sad chapter of communist Poland. (03/13/2023)