Komunia

Jan 4 2018 N/A 1h 12m
Documentary, Drama

When adults are ineffectual, children have to grow up quickly. Ola is 14 and she takes care of her dysfunctional father, autistic brother and a mother who lives apart from them and is mainly heard the phone. Most of all she wants to reunite a family that simply doesn’t work — like a defective TV set. She lives in the hope of bringing her mother back home. Her 13 year old brother Nikodem’s Holy Communion is a pretext for the family to meet up. Ola is entirely responsible for preparing the perfect family celebration. “Communion” reveals the beauty of the rejected, the strength of the weak and the need for change when change seems impossible. This crash course in growing up teaches us that failure is not final. Especially when love is in question.

Plot

When adults are ineffectual, children have to grow up quickly. Ola is 14 and she takes care of her dysfunctional father, autistic brother and a mother who lives separately; but most of all she tries to reunite the family. She lives in the hope of bringing her mother back home. Her 13 year old brother Nikodem's Holy Communion is a pretext for the family to meet up. Ola is entirely responsible for preparing the perfect family celebration. "Communion" reveals the beauty of the rejected, the strength of the weak and the need for change when change seems impossible. This crash course in growing up teaches us that no failure is final. Especially when love is in question.

Written by

Anna Zamecka

Directed by

Anna Zamecka

Cast

Nikodem Kaczanowski, Ola Kaczanowski, Marek Kaczorowski

Crew

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Production Countries

Poland

Production Companies

Otter Films, HBO Europe, Wajda Studio

Languages

Polski

Awards

13 wins & 8 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
430
Average Rating
7.2 out of 10
Metascore
80
Popularity
NA