A Year of the Quiet Sun
A Year of the Quiet Sun

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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 disco... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in A Year of the Quiet Sun:

Maja Komorowska
Scott Wilson
Hanna Skarżanka
Ewa Dałkowska
Vadim Glowna
Danny Webb

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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.

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Chicago Sun-Times - 10/10 by Roger EbertThis is a small, quiet film of enormous power. It is not generated by any genre, by any plot that we can anticipate; it is the particular story of the people in this time and place.
Chicago Reader - 8/10 by Dave Kehr[Director Zanussi] moves deliberately and by inches, drawing out plot points we know perfectly well to be inevitable and underlining his themes with excruciatingly heavy symbolism and structural parallels.
Chicago Tribune - 8/10 by Gene SiskelWhatever you do, don`t leave this film until its last breathtaking scene, which is one of the most moving in film history.
Christian Science Monitor - 6/10 by David SterrittSensitively directed by Polish filmmaker Krzysztof Zanussi, but hampered by a sleepy pace.
Los Angeles Times - 4/10 by Michael WilmingtonA Year of the Quiet Sun is a great, beautiful and humbling work, a film of majestic compassion. Its conception and execution are thrilling; its actors magnificent.
User Review - 10/10 by Lee MMoody low budget tragic romance tales that seeps into you very powerfully. It is postwar Poland. An american soldier with PTSD due to being tortured while a P.O.W under the Nazis is searching for a woman with a big heart. Emilia seems ordinary. She is not good looking, has aged rapidly because of the war so that she seems middle-aged despite being a young woman, lives in destitute poverty, and is trying to take are of her sickly mom. But none of this matters to Norman the soldier who instantly falls for her even though he doesn't know a word of Polish and she doesn't know a word of English. They communicate through translators and Emilia is very reluctant a first to get involved with him. To exacerbate matters a gang of desperate thugs break in and steal what little Emilia and her mom has. The Ultra conservative and corrupt Polish authorities put up obstacles against Emilia leaving Poland due to her being married even though it's obvious her soldier husband has perished in the war. However, they can be paid off through bribes. It turns out Emilia's mom has a hidden stash of money but she is told the price has gone up so she can only buy the freedom of her daughter not herself. Tragically, she begins to will her own death. She needs medicine, Emilia gets it for her but she insists on taking her own meds. She gets rid of the meds without taking them and soon dies. However, Emilia is under the mistaken assumption her mother has bribed the authorities for 2 exit visas, when in fact it is only for one. So, she offers one of them to her neighbor. A woman who has been ostracized for having been a whore in the Nazi death camp to SS officers. But that was the only way she could have survived the death camp. She yearns to start a new life for herself in America or in western Europe where no one knows her. In addition she has been a good friend to Emilia and has even nursed Emilia's mom at times. So the day comes when Norman expects Emilia in West Berlin, but instead of Emilia , the former prostitute Stella arrives, proving that Emilia had a huge heart after all. She sacrifices herself for her friend. Norman never sees her again. His dream was to take her to his farm in Wyoming. The film has a mystical powerful ending.
User Review - 8/10 by Lori BIn "A Year of the Quiet Sun," Norman(Scott Wilson, of CSI) is an army driver in post-war Poland for the war crimes commission when he has to relieve himself by an abandoned vehicle, almost not seeing Emilia(Maja Komorowska), who is inside working on a painting, before it is too late. Trying to make up for their awkward meeting, he offers her a ride but she refuses. Regardless, he follows her back to the bombed out apartment where she lives with her mother(Hanna Skarzanka) since their return to their native land, across the way from Stella(Ewa Dalkowska), the local prostitute. Norman returns later with paints and sunglasses for Emilia. At the same time, she is not yet ready to return his affections. And that's when the local thuggery puts in an appearance. "A Year of the Quiet Sun" is an emotionally resonant movie with a stunning final scene. As such, it is set in a time and place where everything has been swept aside, allowing for everybody to mix together out in the open, which should allow for them to begin over. However, reality sets in, as the old order not only takes hold again but predators prey on the weak. And then there are those like Emilia's mother who do not forgive so easily(she thinks Stella should be shaved for her past dealings with the Nazis but otherwise I like her), forgetting for a second who the real criminals were. So, what chance do two damaged people like Emilia and Norman have in such a world?
User Review - 8/10 by Zeke TI can't explain everything that happened. I loved the two dance scenes, especially the final one. I also liked the scene with the burnt skeletons, when their two faces meet while the background music plays. I'd like to see this one again, I still feel there's much more to grasp. Watched on Sunday, March 4th, 2012, at the Carrollton house on the large upstairs T.V. on Netflix. It's my spring break. Dad, Mom, and Chas left for Cuba early this morning. It's just Buck and I at the house.
User Review - 8/10 by Robby RReally endearing love story about two solitary, damaged people that doesn't sugar coat anything but deals with the harsh circumstances of post-war Poland and why finding happiness and comfort is not as easy as it should be.
User Review - 6/10 by Byron BA movie I am pretty sure that no one has seen. Wasn't that bad. I guess worth seeing. Pretty good love story between an American soldier and a Polish woman.

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