Synopsis
Based on the novel by
Stefan Żeromski,
Story of Sin is
Borowczyk’s singular Polish feature film.
Grażyna Długołęcka plays
Ewa Pobratyńska, the doomed heroine whose passion for a married anthropology student takes her on a perilous journey across early-20th-century Europe. Casting a critical eye on the hypocrisy of the Catholic Church,
Story of Sin counts as
Borowczyk’s most passionate film, a delirious melodrama that reaches an ecstatic pitch.
