Lesser Evil (Mniejsze zło)

The year is1980. Kamil, a student of Polish philology, publishes an experimental poem in a prestigious periodical. The world is engulfed in the Solidarity revolution; everyone is required to choose which side of the barricade they stand. Kamil wants to be a rebellious opposition writer, but his creative inspirations have abandoned him and he begins to struggle. In order to avoid being conscripted, Kamil is taken to a psychiatric hospital for observation. There, he comes across the manuscript of an excellent novel left behind by an oversensitive roommate who committed suicide. Nobody but Kamil knows about the existence of the masterpiece; a moral dilemma evolves from thereon.