Hudziec plays a boy growing up in Poland during the Stalinist era. His father is arrested under mysterious circumstances and taken from their village. Hudziec is shaken further by the constant flow of "visitors" to his sister's bedroom, forcing him to defend her honor in a fight with
schoolmates. Eventually, he is sent to a Pioneer camp where he is to be reeducated along party lines. Though he finds the camp's ideals repugnant, Hudziec follows the training he receives in order to impress Marczewska, a camp teacher he has a crush on. Hudziec soon becomes a loyal Pioneer,
believing party dogma to be Utopian ideals. Though the camp is rocked when one of the children c...
Released:
1981
Rated:
NR
Length:
106 mins