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The Foreign Body

1 hr. 57 min. | Drama, Romance | N/A

Thirty-year-old Kasia is leaving her current life and her heartfelt friend, Angelo, to become a nun. Angelo, hoping that Kasia will change her mind, promises to wait for her. However, as soon as he starts a new job, he agrees with Kris - the complete opposite of Kasia. Kris is determined to anyone just to achieve his. If you don’t jump under her bagpipe, Angeles can ruin both her career and her life. And Chris craved his ... This film is a story of two radically different women, which also tells about today's Eastern Europe: it is nearing the end of its new capitalism, but it is still strongly dependent on religion.

Krzysztof Zanussi

Krzysztof Zanussi

Krzysztof Zanussi was born in 1939 in Warsaw, Poland. Studied physics at Warsaw University and philosophy at Jagiellonian University in Cracow. Graduated from Łódź Film Academy in 1966. His most famous films include Illumination (1973), Inventory (1989), Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease (2000) and The Supplement (2002). The Constant Factor (1980) won both the Jury and Ecumenical Jury prizes at Cannes. In his 50 years long career, Zanussi has made over 30 feature films and documentaries. He is also a theatre director and a writer. In 2013, Scanorama presented The Foreign Body without a part of post-production.     The film is presented by
Languages
Polish
Subtitles
Lithuanian, English
Original title
Obce Cialo
Produced
2013: Italy, Russia

Film information

Director
Krzysztof Zanussi
Screenplay
Krzysztof Zanussi
Music
Wojciech Kilar
Cinematography
Piotr Niemyjski
Cast
Riccardo Leonelli, Agnieszka Grochowska, Victoria Zinny, Agata Buzek, Weronika Rosati
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