A Grain of Truth (2015)
(Borys Lankosz, Poland 2015, 106 min., Polish w/ subtitles)
Rochester International Jewish Film Festival. In this suspenseful detective thriller, a maverick prosecutor finds himself dragged into the investigation of a string of ritual killings rooted in Poland’s anti-Semitic past. Once the star of the Warsaw prosecutors’ office, Teodor Szacki (Polish Academy Award-winning actor Robert Więckiewicz) has ended his career and marriage to start a new life in a sleepy southeast Polish town. Seen as an outsider by the close-knit community, he faces resistance when called in to get to the bottom of the brutal murder of a well-known social activist. As the trail of victims grows and the killer remains elusive. Aided by a veteran police detective, a reluctant female prosecutor, and a local rabbi, Teodor must unravel the painful tangle of Polish-Jewish relations and solve the case while facing a rising tide of public and media hysteria.
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2016 Polish Film Festival
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