Pardon

Jan Jakub Kolski : 2018
Ułaskawienie

In post-war Poland, the story of mourning parents setting off on their last journey with their son, as seen from the point of view of their grandson Jan. The son of Hanna and Jacob, a Home Army soldier Wacław "Odrowąż" Szewczyk, is shot by the secret police in the autumn of 1946. After suffering a series of humiliations by the new authorities, who repeatedly desecrate the grave of the deceased, Hanna and Jacob decide to provide their son with a proper burial in the Pacławska Calvary, 500 km away. Their venture through Poland – a country still haunted by the post-war nightmare – becomes a metaphorical journey into the depths of the human soul and an attempt to reorder the world in which neighbours turn against each other, and where one's current enemy may become an unexpected ally. Jan Jakub Kolski's feature premiered at Montréal World Film Festival 2018, and was winner of three Golden Lions at Gdynia Film Festival 2018.