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A young man in his twenties leaves prison after a three-year sentence. He wants to start a new life in a place where he is not known and dreams only of a job, a wife and a family. He succeeds partially in fulfilling these dreams, but then runs into a conflict on a construction job between the corrupt boss and fellow workers secretly planning a strike. He becomes a pawn in one camp while remaining true to his ideals in the other. Filmed in 1976 and shelved for five years.

Status: Released
Released Date: 1980-09-19
Runtime: 81 mins
Director: Krzysztof Kieślowski
Spoken language: Polski
Genres: Drama, TV Movie
Original title: The Calm
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Production Countries: Poland