Decalogue IX
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife.
A morally and psychologically complex meditation on desire, fidelity, and the fragility of marriage, grounded in intimate suffering and existential despair.
Roman and Hanka have a loving marriage, but his impotence has led to her having an affair. The unbearable situation drives Roman to extreme measures both physically and mentally, testing their love and his own will to live.
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Same mood
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Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.
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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.
