No End (1984)

The widow of a lawyer for dissidents is left in charge of her husband’s most troubling case in No End (1984), an early drama by acclaimed Polish auteur Krzysztof Kieslowski. Grazyna Szapolowska stars as Urszula, a translator who’s world is rocked by the sudden and unexpected death of her husband. Confused and grieving, the young woman looks to sex, work, and other outlets to escape the reality of her situation. Finally she settles on living out her husband’s legacy by aiding one of his clients--a Solidarity strike organizer--in beating a criminal rap. Urszula’s decision is noble indeed, but if she’d chosen to boff away her troubles, she wouldn’t have had any complainers around these parts. Szapolowska shows why she’s one of the premier actresses in Polish cinema by serving up her most glorious bits in a couple of lengthy sex scenes.