A Polish couple on the cusp of celebrating their forty-fifth anniversary confronts still-fresh emotional wounds in this tender documentary exploration of commitment, betrayal, and forgiveness. Criterion Channel
Forty five years of marriage is an impressive anniversary. Barbara and Zdzisław could be proud of themselves if not for the fact that the husband left the wife for his lover eight years ago. But now they are together again, although Barbara claims that if it were not for his infirm legs, Zdzisław would still be chasing skirts around Kraków. Despite the past resentment, everyday problems with paying bills, an occupied bathroom and rearranging furniture, they have an inexplicable bond.