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There’s plenty of Sin in Walerian Boroczyk’s searing movie, but little of it can be laid at the feet of its heroine, no matter what terrible crimes she commits. In pre-WW1 Poland, the innocent Ewa’s tragedy is to fall hopelessly in love, without restraint; Boroczyk’s camera doesn’t flinch as the hapless Ewa falls from grace. Amour fou has been crazier than this, but rarely as destructive. Artistically this show is flawless, and in terms of sex politics it’s a scream of protest.

Story of Sin

Blu-ray + DVD

Arrow Academy USA

1975 / Color / 1:66 widescreen / 130 min. / Dzieje grzechu / Street Date March 28, 2017 / Available from Arrow Video / 39.95

Starring: Grazyna Dlugolecka, Jerzy Zelnik, Olgierd Lukaszewicz, Roman Wilhelmi, Marek Walczewski, Karolina Lubienska, Zdzislaw Mrozewski, Mieczyslaw Voit, Marek Bargielowski.

Cinematography: Zygmunt Samosiuk

Film Editor: Lidia Pacewicz

Written by Walerian Borowczyk from the novel by Stefan Zeromski

Directed by Walerian Borowczyk

Walerian Borowczyk...

Atil Inac’s Turkish drama A Step into the Darkness (above) topped the Tiburon International Film Festival’s Golden Reel Awards, announced on March 26 in the Northern California town of Tiburon. [See full list of Tiburon 2010 winners.] Initially set in Northern Iraq, A Step into the Darkness follows a young Turkmen woman (Suzan Genç), the only survivor of an American raid that left all her fellow villagers dead, as she attempts to reach her ailing brother in Turkey. Once in Istanbul, instead of finding her sibling, the young woman becomes enmeshed with a radical Islamic group. Tiburon’s Best Director was Ryszard Bugajski for the post-World War II Polish drama General Nil, which also earned Olgierd Lukaszewicz the Best Actor trophy [...]...

Leonor Manso Luisa Best Film: A Step into the Darkness by Atil Inac [Turkey] Best Director: Ryszard Bugajski for General Nil [Poland] Best Actor: Olgierd Lukaszewicz for General Nil [Poland] Best Actress: Leonor Manso for Luisa [Argentina] Best Documentary: Petition by Zhao Liang [China] Best Cinematography: The Red Baron by Klaus Merkel [Czech Republic] Humanitarian Award: Under Rich Earth by Malcolm Rogge [Ecuador/Us] Best Musical: Hipsters by Valery Todorovsky [Russia] Best Short: Ana’s Playground by Eric D. Howell [Us] Best Music Video: "City of Noise" by Mitch Barany [Canada] Best Dance Short Film: Waterfront Access? by Floanne Ankah [Us] Best Animation: The Magistical by Rebecca Jones [Us] Best Short Animation: The Offering by Michael Zachary Huber [Us] & Solitude by Mehrdad Sheikhan [Iran] Best Sport Film: [...]...

Santosh's Sivan's "Tahaan" won the Golden Reel for Best Children's Film at the 9th Tuboron International Film Festival in the USA. The winners of the Golden Reel Award were announced during a ceremony on Friday, March 26, 2010 in Tiburon. Here is a complete list of winners.

Best Film: A Step Into the Darkness by Atil Inac [Turkey]

Best Director: Ryszard Bugajski for General Nil [Poland]

Best Actor: Olgierd Lukaszewicz for General Nil [Poland]

Best Actress: Leonor Manso for Luisa [Spain]

Best Documentary: Petition by Zhao Liang [China]

Best Cinematography: The Red Baron by Klaus Merkel [Czech Republic]

Humanitarian Award: Under Rich Earth by Malcolm Rogge [Ecuador/Us]

Best Musical: Hipsters by Valery Todorovsky [Russia]

Best Short: Ana's Playground by Eric D. Howell [Us]

Best Music Video: City of Noise by Mitch Barany [Canada]

Best Dance Short Film: Waterfront Access? by Floanne Ankah [Us]

Best Animation: The Magistical by Rebecca Jones [Us]

Best Short Animation: The Offering by Michael Zachary Huber [Us] & Solitude by Mehrdad Sheikhan [Iran]

Best...