A priest is sent to a small parish in the Polish countryside which is believed to be under demonic possession and there he finds his own temptations awaiting. Set in the 17th century.
One of the landmarks of Polish cinema, this celebrated film has now been fully and carefully restored from original materials and is presented here in this beautiful new High-Definition transfer. Based on the documented story of the demonic possession of a group of nuns that led to the burning of a priest at the stake in Loudun, France in 1634 (which also formed the basis for Ken Russell’s notorious 1971 film [The Devils](http://amzn.to/1YEPDCG) (Oliver Reed, Vanessa Redgrave) and provided inspiration to Aldous Huxley for his renowned novel [The Devils of Loudun](http://amzn.to/1YEPM8W)). In acclaimed director Jerzy Kawalerowicz’s hands Mother Joan of the Angels is a spare, visually astonishing and profoundly disturbing exploration of faith, repression, fanaticism and sexuality. Aided by an extraordinary performance by Lucyna Winnicka as Mother Joan, Kawalerowicz produces one of cinema’s most evocative and intense studies of the tragedy of emotion repressed by dogma.
In Polish with English subtitles.
Starring Lucyna Winnicka, Mieczyslaw Voit, Anna Ciepielewska.
Note: Not suitable for children.