{"product_id":"mother-joan-of-the-angels-aka-matka-joanna-od-aniolow-uk-import-blu-ray","title":"Mother Joan of the Angels (AKA: Matka Joanna od Aniołów) (UK Import BLU-RAY) Coming to Our Shelves December 2026","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUK Import. Blu-Ray is Region Free, should play on any Blu-Ray player.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBefore \u003cem\u003eTHE DEVILS.\u003c\/em\u003e.. there was \u003cem\u003eMOTHER JOAN OF THE ANGELS\u003c\/em\u003e!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eA landmark of Polish cinema, this celebrated film is based on the documented events of the ‘demonic possession’ of a group of nuns that led to the burning of a priest at the stake in Loudun, France in 1634 (also the basis for Aldous Huxley's 1952 novel \u003cem\u003eThe Devils of Loudon\u003c\/em\u003e, and Ken Russell’s notorious 1971 film \u003cem\u003eThe Devils\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eJerzy Kawalerowicz’s \u003cem\u003eMother Joan of the Angels\u003c\/em\u003e is a spare, visually astonishing and profoundly disturbing exploration of faith, repression, fanaticism and sexuality. Aided by an extraordinary performance by Lucyna Winnicka as Mother Joan, Kawalerowicz produces one of cinema’s most evocative and intense studies of the tragedy of emotion repressed by dogma.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cu\u003eBlu-ray Special Edition features:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e• \u003cem\u003eMother Joan of the Angels \u003c\/em\u003e(\u003cem\u003eMatka Joanna od Aniołów\u003c\/em\u003e, 1960) presented from the 2K remaster by WFDiF Poland, supervised by cinematographer Jerzy Wójcik.\u003cbr\u003e• A new, in-depth discussion of the film by the critic, curator and scholar Michał Oleszczyk.\u003cbr\u003e• An expansive filmed appreciation by producer and film historian Michael Brooke.\u003cbr\u003e• All-new Projection Booth commentary.\u003cbr\u003e• 32-page booklet featuring essays by author and film lecturer Dr David Sorfa, and Michael Brooke.\u003cbr\u003e• New and improved English subtitle translation.\u003cbr\u003e• UK premiere on Blu-ray.\u003cbr\u003e• MORE TBC\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Second Run","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45224790163656,"sku":"SECONDRUNBD112","price":45.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/8486\/3688\/files\/motherjoanoftheangelsbd1.jpg?v=1790717843","url":"https:\/\/videomatica.com\/es\/products\/mother-joan-of-the-angels-aka-matka-joanna-od-aniolow-uk-import-blu-ray","provider":"Videomatica Ltd (since 1983)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}