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In the Podlasie countryside of the late 1950s, Zośka grows up marked by the Polish plait: a symbol of shame and rural fears. Hoping that obedience will bring her love, she tries to escape the family stigma. Years later, she realises that her mother’s fate has befallen her. When her daughter’s future is in danger, for the first time, Zośka stands up to the world that taught her to be quiet.

When Daria learns that her grandmother will die, she begins to pray to the Holy Tree.

She's part girl next door and part femme fatale. Sometimes she's treated instrumentally, but at other times with respect or even fear. The titular character of the film by plays a role that is as important as it is complicated in the life of rural communities.

Halina is one of the last funeral singers in Podlasie. Her son Andrzej is a gravedigger. Thousands of people have crossed to the other side accompanied by them. He dug, she sang.

In a polish countryside lives a woman who's really close to nature. During the night, she performs rituals like burning roses or cleansing with a hen's egg.

In the Podlasie countryside of the late 1950s, Zośka grows up marked by the Polish plait: a symbol of shame and rural fears. Hoping that obedience will bring her love, she tries to escape the family stigma. Years later, she realises that her mother’s fate has befallen her. When her daughter’s future is in danger, for the first time, Zośka stands up to the world that taught her to be quiet.

In the Podlasie countryside of the late 1950s, Zośka grows up marked by the Polish plait: a symbol of shame and rural fears. Hoping that obedience will bring her love, she tries to escape the family stigma. Years later, she realises that her mother’s fate has befallen her. When her daughter’s future is in danger, for the first time, Zośka stands up to the world that taught her to be quiet.

When Daria learns that her grandmother will die, she begins to pray to the Holy Tree.

When Daria learns that her grandmother will die, she begins to pray to the Holy Tree.

She's part girl next door and part femme fatale. Sometimes she's treated instrumentally, but at other times with respect or even fear. The titular character of the film by plays a role that is as important as it is complicated in the life of rural communities.

She's part girl next door and part femme fatale. Sometimes she's treated instrumentally, but at other times with respect or even fear. The titular character of the film by plays a role that is as important as it is complicated in the life of rural communities.

Halina is one of the last funeral singers in Podlasie. Her son Andrzej is a gravedigger. Thousands of people have crossed to the other side accompanied by them. He dug, she sang.

Halina is one of the last funeral singers in Podlasie. Her son Andrzej is a gravedigger. Thousands of people have crossed to the other side accompanied by them. He dug, she sang.

In a polish countryside lives a woman who's really close to nature. During the night, she performs rituals like burning roses or cleansing with a hen's egg.

In a polish countryside lives a woman who's really close to nature. During the night, she performs rituals like burning roses or cleansing with a hen's egg.