Lessons of Love
6.8
“Lover. Mother. Friend. Sinner. Wife.”
69-year-old Jola puts on elaborate make-up, while her husband spouts casual abuse in the background, how she never had much in her head and is basically worthless when it comes down to it. So Jola leaves Italy on a train bound for her native Poland. There, on the beach, she takes a trip down memory lane with her girlfriends: how she married the young man who got her pregnant, swore to care for him “in good times and in bad”, raised her six children and put up with punches, put-downs and her husband’s drinking problem. And now? Now she dresses elegantly, and takes singing and dance lessons. In the process, she meets a gentleman her age, Wojtek, and the two strike up a friendship. But divorce, at her age? What will her family, her friends or the church say? Of course, one can just leave, everyone is free to choose, but is it the right move?
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Małgorzata Goliszewska Director · Kasia Mateja Director Anna Stylińska Screenplay
First release November 22, 2019 · Produced in Poland, Czechia · Languages English, German, Polish
Production
MX35
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Aura Films
Production
HBO Europe
Production
Widok
Production
Poland · Czechia
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Original title
Lekcja miłości
Original language
Polish
Spoken on screen
English · German · Polish
Release dates
Netherlands · November 22, 2019
Premiere · International Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam
No release date listed for United States.
Hungary
October 4, 2020 · Digital
Poland
October 4, 2020 · Digital · HBO GO
October 4, 2020 · TV · HBO
Russia
August 21, 2020 · Premiere · Moscow International Documentary Film Festival DOKer
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