In a little house all for herself, an elderly woman moves through her day. While she tends to every chore on the docket, we learn some things about her. She has a green thumb, she speaks Polish while on the phone, she likes to nap. A prayer sounds. They are words from her mother-in-law, Polish poet Zofia Bohdanowiczowa, who was also displaced from her native Poland. Three generations meet, one by writing, one by living, and the third by the very making of this film, a composition of her ancestors through sound and image.
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Sofia Bohdanowicz Director
First release November 8, 2013 · Produced in Canada · Original title Modlitwa
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Canada
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Original title
Modlitwa
Original language
Polish
Spoken on screen
Polish
Release dates
United Kingdom · November 8, 2013
Premiere
Canada · June 28, 2014
Limited theatrical · Toronto
No release date listed for United States.
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