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The Power of Resistance

The Power of Resistance

2024 · 30 min · Drama

Actress Olga's political idealism and hopes for a better tomorrow are put to the hardest test. The authoritarian, omniscient communist power decides to break the woman when her father is hospitalized and fighting for his life, and her husband is in custody. Olga must find herself in a new situation and make an impossible choice.

Directed by Elżbieta Benkowska · Written by Elżbieta Benkowska

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