Zacma: Blindness (2016)

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Country: Poland
Genres: Drama
Release: 2016-09-09 (Canada) (Toronto International Film Festival)
Director: Ryszard Bugajski
Writers: Ryszard Bugajski
Language: Polish
Stars: Maria Mamona , Malgorzata Zajaczkowska , Janusz Gajos , Marek Kalita , Bartosz Porczyk , Kazimierz Kaczor , Slawomir Orzechowski , Marcin Tronski , Krzysztof Ogloza , Barbara Bursztynowicz
Runtime: 115 min
Awards: 2 nominations
AKA: Zacma , Hályog (Hungary) , Blindhet (Norway) , Blindness , Zaćma (Poland) , Blindness (United States of America) , 盲目的邪惡 (Hong Kong) , Blindness (United Kingdom) , Blindness (Poland) , Blindness , Blindness (Sweden)Blindness
Plot: The film shows an obscure episode from the life of a Stalinist criminal - Colonel of the Office of Public Security, Julia Brystiger. Her nickname was "Bloody Luna" because during interrogations she tortured prisoners with extreme cruelty. At the beginning of 1960s she appeared in Laski near Warsaw, in the Institute for the Blind, where the Primate of Poland, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski, was also a frequent visitor. His imprisonment in the years 1953-1956 was supervised by none other than Julia Brystiger herself. During the difficult and tempestuous conversation with the Primate, Julia Brystiger rejects the communist ideology, asks for her crimes to be forgiven and for help in finding God...
IMDB:tt5662990