Child abuse drama signals new direction for Polish film

By 2004-09-23T04:00:00

The festival in the Baltic seaside resort wrapped over theweekend. Young newcomer Magdalena Piekorz swept to victory with her debut TheWelts (Pregi), a hard hitting story about child abuse which earned her theGolden Lion for best film as well as four other awards including bestproducer's prize for Tor Studios.

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