MOTHER JOAN OF THE ANGELS (MATKA JOANNA OD ANIOLOW)

Before THE DEVILS... there was MOTHER JOAN OF THE ANGELS! A landmark of Polish cinema, this celebrated film is based on the documented story of the '''demonic possession'''' of a group of nuns that led to the burning of a priest at the stake in Loudun, France in 1634 (also the basis for Ken Russell''''s notorious 1971 film The Devils). Jerzy Kawalerowicz''''s Mother Joan of the Angels is a spare, visually astonishing and profoundly disturbing exploration of faith, repression, fanaticism and sexuality. Aided by an extraordinary performance by Lucyna Winnicka as Mother Joan, Kawalerowicz produces one of cinema''''s most evocative and intense studies of the tragedy of emotion repressed by dogma. EXTRAS: '>>' Mother Joan of the Angels (Matka Joanna od Aniolow, 1960) presented from a 2K remaster by WFDiF Poland, supervised by cinematographer Jerzy Wojcik. '>>' An in-depth discussion of the film by the critic, curator and scholar Micha? Oleszczyk. '>>' An expansive filmed appreciation by producer and film historian Michael Brooke. '>>' The Projection Booth commentary. '>>' Booklet featuring essays by author and film lecturer Dr David Sorfa, and Michael Brooke. '>>' New and improved English subtitle translation. '>>' UK premiere on Blu-ray. '>>' Region Free Blu-ray (A/B/C) '>>' + MORE TBC All features subject to change

A celebrated landmark of Polish cinema, this newly restored film dramatises the notorious 1634 case of demonic possession among a convent of nuns in Loudun, France, centred on the possessed Mother Superior and the troubled priest sent to help her.