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Watching Michał Chaciński’s Divorce (Rozwodnicy) immerses you in a unique world where the sacred and profane mix with quiet absurdity. It depicts the story of Magosia (Magdalena Popawska) and Jacek (Wojciech Mecwaldowski), two amiable ex-lovers who set out on an unexpected journey to get a Church annulment nearly 20 years after their civil divorce. It is billed as a comedy with satirical elements.

What begins as a procedural requirement for Jacek to remarry inside the Church quickly becomes a complex exploration of bureaucratic absurdity—pushing both characters to confront the lingering shadows of their failed marriage and the institutional weight of religious traditions.

Divorce is set against the backdrop of Poland. In this country, Catholicism is both a present cornerstone and a ubiquitous shadow. It explores the tension between secular development and clerical doctrine.

The film does more than just parody the Church’s inflexible institutions; it dissects them with a whimsical yet razor-sharp scalpel,...

“Divorce” is a Netflix movie directed by Michal Chacinski starring Magdalena Popławska and Wojciech Mecwaldowski.

Netflix presents a heartwarming comedy tailored for the middle-aged demographic, who at a pivotal juncture in their lives, decide to embark on the journey of divorce. In today’s world, this may seem quite ordinary, but it carries an air of peculiarity when set against the backdrop of a place steeped in deeply rooted traditions.

“Divorce” is an endearing and straightforward comedy, almost familial in its essence, that subtly critiques certain religious institutions, albeit through the lens of light-hearted humor. It’s a comedy that’s almost family-friendly, aiming to blend traditional values with the evolving dynamics of modern family models, which are far less rigid than those of the past.

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In Poland, a country where Catholicism is deeply ingrained, a divorced couple endeavors to annul their religious marriage through the Catholic Church.

"You can look away, or you can risk your life and expose it to the whole world." Signature Entertainment in the UK has released the official UK trailer for this Slovak WWII thriller The Auschwitz Escape, also known as The Auschwitz Report, inspired by the novel "What Dante Did Not See" by Alfred Wetzler. This is the true story of Freddy and Walter - two young Slovak Jews, who were deported to Auschwitz in 1942. On 10 April 1944, after meticulous planning and with the help and the resilience of their inmates, they manage to escape. They managed to return to Slovakia, but the report they wrote seemed too unbelievable to be true, despite providing direct evidence of what they had experienced. Noel Czuczor & Peter Ondrejicka star as Freddy & Walter, and the extensive cast includes John Hannah, Wojciech Mecwaldowski, Jacek Beler, Michal Rezný, Kamil Nozynski, Aleksander Mincer, and Christoph Bach. This looks better...

A lot can happen in eleven minutes. It can mean the difference between sleeping in and missing your bus to work. You could use that time to listen to Led Zeppelin's "In My Time Of Dying." It's also the length of time that could lead you to overcooking your pasta. But for director Jerzy Skolimowski, "11 Minutes" is the framework of his upcoming movie. Starring Richard Dormer, Paulina Chapko, Wojciech Mecwaldowski, Dawid Ogrodnik, and Andrzej Chyra, the movie presents its slices of narrative in eleven-minute segments, all of them overlapping and interlocking in a town square in Warsaw. Here's the synopsis: In the span of eleven tense minutes, a whirlwind of interlocking tales of life in the surveillance age unfold in this stylish, propulsive thriller from acclaimed director Jerzy Skolimowski (Deep End, Essential Killing). In a city square in Warsaw, a sleazy film director “auditions” a married actress in a...

Exclusive: The distributor has struck a North American deal with HanWay Films on Poland’s best foreign language Oscar submission.

Jerzy Skolimowski wrote and directed 11 Minutes, which premiered in Venice and earned a special mention in the Vittorio Veneto Film Festival Award.

The film follows a motley crew of people whose fates are decided after a short, mysterious interview.

The characters include a jealous husband, his sexy actress wife, a sleazy Hollywood director, a drug messenger, a disoriented young woman, an ex-con hot dog vendor, a troubled student, a high-rise window cleaner, an elderly sketch artist, a team of paramedics and a group of hungry nuns.

The cast includes Richard Dormer, Wojciech Mecwaldowski, Andrzej Chyra, Dawid Ogrodnik and Paulina Chapko.

Ewa Piaskowska produced with Skolimowski and Jeremy Thomas served as executive producer alongside Andrew Lowe, Ed Guiney, Eileen Tasca and Marek Zydowicz.

11 Minutes received its North American Premiere in Toronto.

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Need proof that a lot can happen in a short amount of time? Well the teaser for Polish film 11 Minutes certainly serves as that proof. Writer/director Jerzy Skolimowski (Essential Killing) is making the festival rounds this year with his new film that stars Richard Dormer, Andrzej Chyra, Wojciech Mecwaldowski, Dawid Ogrodnik and Paulina Chapko. Here’s the synopsis:

A jealous husband out of control, his sexy actress wife, a sleazy Hollywood director, a reckless drug messenger, a disoriented young woman, an ex-con hot dog vendor, a troubled student on a mysterious mission, a high-rise window cleaner on an illicit break, an elderly sketch artist, a hectic paramedics team and a group of hungry nuns. A cross-section of contemporary urbanites whose lives and loves intertwine. They live in an unsure world where anything could happen at any time. An unexpected chain of events can seal many fates in a mere 11 minutes.

Jerzy Skolimowski knows how to rattle an audience. He's the co-writer behind Roman Polanski's "Knife In The Water," his last feature "Essential Killing" cast Vincent Gallo as an Afghan Pow, and now he's back on the festival circuit with "11 Minutes." And it looks like one that you can only dare to ignore. Starring Richard Dormer, Wojciech Mecwaldowski, Andrzej Chyra, Dawid Ogrodnik, and Paulina Chapko captures various slices of life in Warsaw all in eleven minute fragments, with everything pulling together for a grand finale. Sounds like a one that will be a lot of fun to see how it's pulled off. Here's the official synopsis:  After a seventeen-year break from filmmaking in the 1990s and 2000s, one of the major figures of Polish cinema returned to his native country and emerged with 2008's wonderful Four Nights with Anna, heralding the resurrection of a protean artist. Firmly ensconced back in Poland,...