Czas dojrzewania (1984)

A Polish screen veteran who took his first turn in front of the camera in the mid-1950s, Mieczyslaw Waskowski directed more than a half dozen works in the 1970s and ‘80s, of which Czas dojrzewania (1984) is probably the best known. Distributed internationally as Maturing Time, the acutely psychological film is a moody thriller that earned plaudits on the festival circuit. Its most distinguishing characteristic is that it’s the first of only two films in which honey-blonde actress Maria Probosz allows her curvy figure to fully grace the screen.