HOPE aka NADZIEJA

Year: 2007
UK: The Polish Connection / Dogwoof Pictures
Cast: Rafal Fudalej, Kamilla Baar, Wojciech Pszoniak, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Zbigniew Zamachowski, Grzegorz Artman, Jerzy Trela, Jan Frycz,,Dominika Ostalowska
Director: Stanistaw Mucha
Country: Poland
Language: Polish (English subtitles)
UK: 101 mins
UK Certificate: 15 contains strong language and sex
UK Release Date: 18 April 2008 (Limited Release)
UK Distributor

Synopsis

When a deeply moral and well-respected art historian steals an invaluable painting from a church, righteous and fanatic Francis (Rafal Fudalej) records the crime on video to blackmail the perpetrator.

Much to the thief's bafflement, the young man is not interested in money but demands that the piece of art be returned to its original place.

The borders between idealism and madness blur when it is revealed that Francis' brother is in jail and his girlfriend has to tolerate Francis' bizarre self-afflicted tests of courage ...