Historie milosne

Sep 8 1997 N/A 1h 27m
Comedy, Romance

Jerzy Stuhr scripted, directed and plays four roles in this Polish comedy about four men -- an army officer, a college instructor, a priest, and a drug dealer -- and their relationships with four females. An attractive student puts the teacher in an awkward spot when she reveals her love for him. An 11-year-old informs the priest that she's his daughter. The army officer is pleased when confronted by a past lover. The drug dealer, taken prisoner, must decide whether or not to trust his wife with his hidden loot. In the wrap-up, the elderly accountant passes judgment on all four men. Stuhr acted in films by the late Krzysztof Kieslowski, who had some input here by offering advice to Stuhr on this screenplay.

Plot

Four stories of love: yearned-for, betrayed, found. In the confessional, a priest is confronted for the first time by his eleven-year-old daughter (and seeks advice from his mother); a married colonel in the Polish Army is reunited with an old lover; a convict is jilted by his wife but has the last word; a professor of literature must decide how to react to a lackluster student who declares she is in love with him. Sometimes things go wrong, occasionally right. (The colonel flushes love letters down a toilet, rather than burn them.) In each vignette, the protagonist is played by Jerzy Stuhr, who also wrote and directed.

Written by

Jerzy Stuhr

Directed by

Jerzy Stuhr

Cast

Jerzy Stuhr, Dominika Ostalowska, Irina Alfyorova

Crew

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Production Countries

Poland

Production Companies

Canal+ Polska, Agencja Produkcji Filmowej, Zebra Film Studio, Wytwórnia Filmów Dokumentalnych i Fabularnych

Languages

Polski

Awards

11 wins & 6 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
587
Average Rating
7 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA