In the early Middle Ages, two Christian knights set off to christen a small pagan village hidden deep in the mountains. Despite the differences in their views and perspectives on religion, the two men become travel companions and create a father-son relationship. As they settle into the local community, their faith, belief system and the bond between them are all put to the test. Soon, love is confronted with hate, dialogue with violence, madness with rules and many will have to die.
Director(s): Bartosz Konopka
Writer(s): Bartosz Konopka, Przemysław Nowakowski, Anna Wydra
Producer(s): Anna Wydra
SWITCH.
Atmospheric, languid and somewhat structureless, 'The Mute' is a magnificently filmed and subtly political view of the conflict between church and state, good and evil, hate and love, God and the vari...