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Description: Poland, 1983. Despite the suspension, the martial law imposed by the communist authorities, aimed at suppressing the Solidarity opposition, is still in force in the country. On May 12, Grzegorz Przemyk, son of the opposition poet Barbara Sadowska, is arrested and badly beaten by a police patrol. Przemyk dies after two days of agony. The only witness to the fatal beating is one of Grzegorz's colleagues, Jurek Popiel, who decides to fight for justice and to testify against the police. Initially, the state apparatus, including the Ministry of the Interior, downplays the case. However, when over 20 thousand. People will march through the streets of Warsaw behind Przemyk's coffin, the authorities decides to use any tools against the witness and the deceased's mother to discredit them and prevent Jurek from testifying in court.

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Production Company Aurum Film, Les Contes modernes, ARTE, Auvergne Rhône-Alpes Cinéma, Canal+ Polska, Background Films, MagicLab, Ceská Televize, Mazowiecki i Warszawski Fundusz Filmowy, Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej, Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), The Czech Republic State Fund for Support and Development of Cinematography
Duration 2 h 40 m
Rating R
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