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A Year of the Quiet Sun (1984)

A Year of the Quiet Sun poster
Original title
Rok spokojnego słońca
Directed by
Krzysztof Zanussi
Genre
drama film, war film, romance film
Country
West Germany, Germany, Poland, Italy
Runtime
1h 47m
Rated
PG
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 32 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Shortly after World War II, a Polish woman and an American soldier meet in Poland. They begin a tentative romance.

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What happens

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. At the 1984 Venice Film Festival, the film was awarded the Golden Lion and Pasinetti Awards. The film was nominated for 1986's Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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