(The Maids of Wilko)
(Les Demoiselles de Wilko)
(a.k.a. "The Girls from Wilko," "Young Girls of Wilko" and "The Young Ladies of Wilko")
Poland-France (1979): Drama
Polish filmmaker Andrzej Wajda directs this psychological drama, based on the book by Jaroslaw Iwaszkiewicz. Set in the 1920s, WW I veteran Wiktor Ruben (Daniel Olbrychski) returns to the town where he had spent his childhood summers before the war. He stays with his aunt (Zofia Jaroszewska) and uncle (Tadeusz Bialoszczynski). He also reunites with a family of women, Julcia (Anna Seniuk), Jola (Maja Komorowska), Zosia (Stanislawa Celinska), Kazia (Krystyna Zachwatowicz), and Tunia (Christine Pascal), who had been in love with him at one time though he had apparently loved only one, who unknown to him, has died since his departure. The women are mainly disillusioned with life or estranged from husbands, while the youngest has a crush on him. (Pierson, Zespol Filmowy "X"/Artificial Eye) (Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide & Polish Cinema Database )
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· Foreign Language Film Award 1979: (Poland) (No producer credited.)
1 nomination