Blockbuster feature film on modern mystic is ‘an extraordinary story of an ordinary woman’

The feature film "Mistyczka" (The Mystic) drew 160,000 viewers in Poland during its first two weeks in theaters. The film, which opened on Sept. 11, 2026, depicts the life and spiritual conversion of Alicja Lenczewska, a lay Catholic and teacher from Szczecin.

Written and directed by Jan Sobierajski, the production stars actress Dorota Chotecka-Pazura. The story follows Lenczewska, who turned to the Catholic Church at age 50 following the conversion of her older brother. Her spiritual journals, totaling 900 pages, document what she described as years of interior conversations with Jesus.

The film's release coincides with a Polish archdiocese beginning a broad examination of Lenczewska's life and writings. Sobierajski stated that the production took three years to complete.