Award-winning Polish-born director Pawel Pawlikowski (Last Resort, My Summer of Love) returns to his homeland for this moving and intimate drama about Anna, a young trainee nun in 1960s Poland. Before she can embark on her holy life, Anna is told she must visit her aunt Wanda, her only living relative, whom she does not know. Together, the two women embark on a voyage of discovery of each other and their past, uncovering a dark family secret dating back to the Nazi occupation.