The Story of Sin

Borowczyk’s Palme d'Or-nominated historical melodrama is his most passionate film, casting a critical eye on the Catholic Church while attaining an ecstatic pitch.

Grazyna Długołecka plays Ewa, the doomed heroine whose passion for a married anthropology student takes her on a perilous journey across early 20th-century Europe. Casting a critical eye on the hypocrisy of the Catholic Church, The Story of Sin counts as Borowczyk’s most passionate film – a delirious melodrama that reaches an ecstatic pitch.