Leave No Traces (15A)

160 mins - Poland/Czech Republic/France 2021 - Subtitles - Dir: Jan P. Matuszynski
Starring: Tomasz Zietek, Sandra Korzeniak and Jacek Braciak
 
Poland, 1983. The country is shaken by the case of Grzegorz Przemyk – a high school student beaten to death by militia. Based on true events, the film follows the story of Jurek – the only witness of the beating, who overnight became the number one enemy of the state. The oppressive regime used its whole apparatus – the secret service, militia, the media and the courts – to squeeze Jurek and other people close to the case, including his parents and Przemyk’s mother, Barbara.
 
“Meticulously made and urgently committed...the story’s outcome undeniably hits hard” Screen Daily