A celebrated landmark of Polish cinema, the award-winning Mother Joan of the Angels has been restored from its original materials and is presented in a new high-definition transfer.
Taking the infamous and documented ‘demonic possession’ of a group of Ursuline nuns in Loudun, France in 1634 as his starting point (events subsequently also adapted by Ken Russell for his notorious film The Devils), director Jerzy Kawalerowicz creates an intensely provocative and visually astonishing film. Aided by an extraordinary performance by Lucyna Winnicka as Mother Joan, Kawalerowicz’s masterpiece is a profoundly disturbing exploration of faith, repression, fanaticism and sexuality.
Review coming soon…
