Scratch


From the SIFF guide:

Joanna and Jan, an older academic couple in Krakow, have enjoyed a long and satisfying marriage. But following a party to celebrate their 40-something anniversary, they find a mysterious videotape among their gifts. The tape contains a documentary alleging that Jan was an agent of the Polish People's Republic secret service in the 1950s and 1960s and that their marriage was initially a sham engineered by Communist surveillance apparatus. Worse still, the purpose of this plot was the gathering of informing about Joanna’s father, a famous prewar politician. Unable to accept that her husband is guilty, Joanna embarks on a quest to uncover the truth. Jan proclaims his innocence, but as a journalist friend reminds her, Everybody keeps something under wraps, and the seeds of doubt begin to erode the trust at the heart of the marriage. An intimate drama, Michal Rosa’s Scratch explores the ongoing effects of state intervention in private life from the darkest days of Communist rule.

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