Story of Sin
Obscure Pleasures: The Films of Walerian Borowczyk
April 2 - 9, 2015
Introduction by curator Daniel Bird on April 5
Casting a critical eye on the hypocrisy of the Catholic Church, the Palme d’Or–nominated Story of Sin is Borowczyk’s most passionate film (and only Polish feature), a delirious melodrama that reaches an ecstatic pitch.
Introduction by curator Daniel Bird on April 5
Based on the novel by Stefan Żeromski, Story of Sin is Borowczyk’s singular Polish feature film. Grażyna Długołęcka plays Ewa Pobratyńska, the doomed heroine whose passion for a married anthropology student takes her on a perilous journey across early-20th-century Europe. Casting a critical eye on the hypocrisy of the Catholic Church, Story of Sin counts as Borowczyk’s most passionate film, a delirious melodrama that reaches an ecstatic pitch. Nominated for the Palme d’Or at Cannes. Note: contains explicit sexual content.
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