Lessons of Love
For decades, Jola did what was expected of her. As a mother of six and the wife of an abusive husband, she would put on her make-up and colourful clothes to pretend everything was fine. One day something breaks inside her and she finds the strength to escape a toxic relationship and start living life to the fullest. She is letting loose with her girlfriends and finds herself thrust into a new romance at a Latino dancing class.
The drama evolves when the conservative powers of her generation try to justify her husband’s violence. A highly cinematic and joyful journey into a woman’s battle to reinvent herself at her best age of life, when she’s nearly 70.
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projection time:75 min.
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country/year:Poland /2019
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director:Małgorzata Goliszewska, Kasia Mateja
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pictures:Mateusz Czuchnowski, Kasia Mateja, Tymon Tykwiński
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production:Anna Stylińska / Widok Films
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awards :2019 – IDFA Amsterdam
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contests:Bydgoszcz ART/DOC Award The Lower Silesia Grand Prix Millennium Bank Award – Grand Prix “Zwierciadło” Magazine’s Award for the Best Film on Psychology The Mayor of Gdynia Award Audience Award SILESIAN AUDIENCE AWARD 2020 Smakjam Polish Competition Prize TVP Kultura Award Award for Best Cinematography Best Debut Award Best Polish Film Award
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