Polish Prayers
- In theatres9. November 2023
- Production year2022
- CountrySwitzerland, Poland
- Length84
- LanguageOV PL de-fr / it-de
- ProductionFirst Hand Films
- DirectorHanka Nobis
- Cast
- Age restriction
- Festivals
Amsterdam, 35th IDFA International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
Solothurn, Solothurner Filmtage Opera Prima
Locarno, Locarno Film Festival Panorama Suisse
Barcelona, 26th DocsBarcelona International Documentary Film Festival
Warsaw, 20th Millennium Docs Against Gravity Film Festival
Linz, 20th Crossing Europe Film Festival Linz
Zürich, 26. Pink Apple Schwullesbisches Filmfestival Zürich
Copenhagen, 20th CPH:DOX Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival
Thessaloniki, 25th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival
Tallinn, DocPoint - Tallinn Documentary Film Festival
Berlin, Human Rights Film Festival
Norway, We Do Festival
Kosovo, Dokufest
Ecuador, EDOC Festival
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Story
A riveting debut – as illuminating as it is shocking. – FILMUFORIA
A powerful and uncompromising work – and a touching debut, intense and profound without being judgmental. – CINEUROPA
As a traditional Catholic in Poland, 22-year-old Antek holds deeply conservative views. But when he falls in love for the first time, he begins to have doubts – first about the prohibition of premarital sex and finally about the existence of God.
The 22-year-old Antek is destined to become the religious leader of the ultra-conservative Polish Brotherhood. The Brotherhood organises counter-demonstrations to LGBTQI events and meets for masculinity rituals in the forest. But when Antek is about to be promoted, he begins to question the moral principles he has spent years fighting for.
Over the course of four years, filmmaker Hanka Nobis accompanies the charismatic and sensitive young man, who identifies less and less with traditional values. In exchange with a constantly changing circle of friends, Antek develops his own opinion on what it means to be a good person.
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