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Pawel Pawlikowski's b&w throwback to the great Eastern European films of the 1960s is one of the most acclaimed and honored foreign-language films of the past two years, winning the European Film Award for best picture and this year’s Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. Set in 1960 Poland, the movie tells of a novice nun who is urged by her Mother Superior to visit her sole surviving family member—a worldly, cynical aunt—before taking her vows. It proves a life-changing detour. “A masterpiece...By far the best movie of the year.” –The New Yorker