Andrzej Baranski

A pretty widow and her teenage daughter Milka run the farm after their husband and father has died. Their neighbor Krystian occasionally stops by to help in the fields. His presence always makes the young widow more cheerful, but Milka tries to seduce the man at every available chance. Krystian soon becomes the lover to both mother and daughter but leaves after Milka becomes pregnant. After the grief-stricken mother goes insane, Milka marries a homely organist who once dated her mother. (answers.com)

An aging woman of 60 recalls the high points in her life. In her childhood she showed respect for her parents and the surrounding social community. When she went to school barefoot, the priest in the religion class offered to buy her shoes, but her father refused out of sense of his own responsibility. She carried this simple code of life to the present. She marries an upretentious guy, and eventually they have two children. (Polish Cinema Database)

Panoramic view of a resort town in the summer of 1930. In seventeen episodes we get a glimpse at the microcosm of its colourful inhabitants and visitors, Poles and Jews, the high society and the desperately poor.

As every year, the celebration of All Saints Day brings Polish families together at the graves of their loved ones. On this special day Maria, 80-year-old widow, visits the graveyard with her son, his wife and their children. (imdb)