Lessons of Love

Story

Synopsis

69-year-old Jola puts on elaborate make-up, while her husband spouts casual abuse in the background, how she never had much in her head and is basically worthless when it comes down to it. So Jola leaves Italy on a train bound for her native Poland. There, on the beach, she takes a trip down memory lane with her girlfriends: how she married the young man who got her pregnant, swore to care for him “in good times and in bad”, raised her six children and put up with punches, put-downs and her husband’s drinking problem. And now? Now she dresses elegantly, and takes singing and dance lessons. In the process, she meets a gentleman her age, Wojtek, and the two strike up a friendship. But divorce, at her age? What will her family, her friends or the church say? Of course, one can just leave, everyone is free to choose, but is it the right move?

Directors

Kasia Mateja, Małgorzata Goliszewska

Writers

Małgorzata Goliszewska, Anna Stylińska

Language

Polish

Country

Czech Republic, Poland

Release date

22 November 2019

Ensemble

Cast

• Jolanta Janus

  Self

• Bogdan Janus

  Self

• Jagoda Jadwiga Cwujdzińska

  Self

• Leokadia Ogrodowczyk

  Self

• Hubert Kurek

  Self

• Wojciech Tymoszewicz

  Self

• Mateusz Ferenc

  Self

• Katarzyna Olczykowska

  Self

• Lidia Grabowska

  Self

• Teresa Suchta

  Self

• Krzysztof Burzyński

  Self

• Wioletta Abolik

  Self