A Year of the Quiet Sun (1984)
Rok spokojnego slonca (original title)

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Maja Komorowska	...	Emilia
	Scott Wilson	...	Norman
	Hanna Skarzanka	...	Emilia's Mother
	Ewa Dalkowska	...	Stella
	Vadim Glowna	...	Herman
	Danny Webb	...	David (as Daniel Webb)
	Zbigniew Zapasiewicz	...	Szary
	Tadeusz Bradecki	...	Interpreter
	Jerzy Nowak	...	English Doctor
	Jerzy Stuhr	...	Adzio
	Halina Slonicka	...	Singer
	Wieslaw Michnikowski	...	Priest
	Miroslaw Gaweda
	Halina Labonarska	...	Nun
	Zofia Rysiówna	...	Interpreter

Storyline

Shortly after WWII an American soldier (Norman) and a Polish refugee (Emilia) fall in deep love. Eventually he will return to USA and both expect that she will soon follow him. Emilia's mother is sick but would recover by available medicine. Somehow the mother but not Emilia knows that there will only be one ticket. Realising that Emilia would never abandon her, the mother secretly throws away the daily doses given her by Emilia - and dies. Somehow Emilia discovers her mother's sacrifice and refuses to benefit from it. She gives the ticket to a female friend and retreats to a cloister, living like the nuns except not wearing their dress and not having given a promise to stay forever. For decades she will apparently live in peace. Then a nun tells her that Norman has died and has bequeathed his fortune to Emilia. The nun suggests that Emilia gives the money to the cloister. But from that moment Emilia's religious devotion flies away... Written by Max Scharnberg, Stockholm, Sweden  

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