“Where is the human soul? Is it in the heart? In the brain? Or maybe elsewhere?”, wonders an old doctor who has spent his life working at a psychiatric hospital in the Siberian countryside. The place, which was inaccessible for film crews, can be shown thanks to its residents, some of whom spent several decades at the hospital. This discreet and, at the same time, insightful observation of the patients’ daily lives transforms into meditation on the human nature, which is not entirely penetrable.
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Wojciech Kasperski Director · Antoni Komasa-Łazarkiewicz Composer Łukasz Żal Cinematographer
First release May 31, 2016 · Produced in Poland · Languages Polish, Russian
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Delta film
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Telewizja Polska
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Vostok8
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Poland
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Original title
Ikona
Original language
Polish
Spoken on screen
Polish · Russian
Release dates
Poland · May 31, 2016
Premiere · Krakow Film Festival
Poland · December 9, 2016
Limited theatrical
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