The Peasants

• Hugh Welchman, DK Welchman
• 114 min
• Poland, Serbia, Lithuania
• 2023
• Animated

A young woman marries a widower but is in love with his son in Poland’s Oscar entry – an otherworldly beautiful hand-painted epic by the directors of Loving Vincent.

Jagna lives with her mother in the God-fearing village of Libce. In the Polish countryside at the end of the 19th century, she marries the wealthy landowner Maciej. However, her heart belongs to the widower's son, Antek, with whom she shares a passionate love affair. Jagna's world is turned upside down when she breaks the taboo of the patriarchal peasant society. Based on Nobel laureate Wladyslaw Reymont's novel, this odyssey unfolds through the four seasons. The directors of the popular Loving Vincent enlisted the help of 100 artists from Ukraine, Serbia, Lithuania, and more, creating 40,000 oil paintings in motion. Each frame is a dazzling painting that makes the eyes dance the mazurka.


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• Drama
• Kärlek
• Landsbygd
• Konst
• Historia