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Director
Marcin Koszałka
Producer
Jerzy Dziegielewski
Production company
Darklight Film Studio ...
Director of photography
Marcin Koszałka
Editor
Anna Wagner
IDF Events
2009 East Silver

Sentenced for Life

Wyrok na Życie, Poland, 2009, 64 min, Digi Beta, Society

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Moving documentary about imprisoned women. Each of these women has her own story, but they are connected by this place, they spend part of their lives behind the bars, sometimes prison becomes their home. They all dream of freedom, men, new lives. The film shows them in the moment when the prison ward is the whole world. But filled with talks of freedom, past and future. Freedom is a main subject: discussed with hope and anxiety. They are afraid of returning to their lives outside. This film shows ordinary women, who support each other and together count down the time until freedom. We are allowed to watch their everyday life, joy, sorrow and dreams.

Director:

Marcin Koszałka

Producer:

Jerzy Dziegielewski

Director of photography:

Marcin Koszałka

Screenplay:

Marcin Koszałka

Editor:

Anna Wagner

Sound:

Krzysztof Suchodolski