Taglines: No matter what you’ve lived trough or what you’ve lost.. love is possible.
A Year of the Quiet Sun movie storyline. Shortly after World War II an American soldier (Norman) and a Polish refugee (Emilia) fall in deep love. Eventually he will return to the U.S. and both expect that she will soon follow him. Emilia’s mother is sick, but would recover by available medicine. Somehow the mother, but not Emilia, knows that there will only be one ticket. Realizing that Emilia would never abandon her, the mother secretly throws away the daily doses given her by Emilia, and dies.
Somehow Emilia discovers her mother’s sacrifice and refuses to benefit from it. She gives the ticket to a female friend and retreats to a cloister, living like the nuns except not wearing their dress and not having given a promise to stay forever. For decades she will apparently live in peace. Then a nun tells her that Norman has died and has bequeathed his fortune to Emilia. The nun suggests that Emilia gives the money to the cloister. But from that moment Emilia’s religious devotion flies away. She only thinks of going as speedily as possible to America to see Norman’s grave.
A Year of the Quiet Sun (Polish: Rok Spokojnego Słońca) is a 1984 Polish film written and directed by Krzysztof Zanussi and starring Maja Komorowska and Scott Wilson. It tells the story of a romance between a Polish woman and an American soldier in Poland, shortly after WWII. The film was nominated for 1986’s Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film. At the Venice Film Festival, the film was awarded the Golden Lion and Pasinetti Awards.
Directed by: Krzysztof Zanussi Views: 158
Starring: Maja Komorowska, Scott Wilson, Hanna Skarżanka, Ewa Dałkowska, Vadim Glowna, Daniel Webb, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Zofia Rysiówna, Janusz Gajos, Jerzy Stuhr, Gustaw Lutkiewicz
Screenplay by: Krzysztof Zanussi
Production Design by: Janusz Sosnowski
Cinematography by: Sławomir Idziak
Film Editing by: Marek Denys
Costume Design by: Magdalena Biedrzycka
Makeup Department: Katarzyna Banaszewska, Liliana Galazka, Elzbieta Malka, Waldemar Pokromski
Music by: Wojciech Kilar
MPAA Rating: None.
Distributed by: Karl-Lorimar Home Video (KLV-TV)
Release Date: September 1984 (VFF), February 25, 1985