Day and Night (2021) on Netflix

Two stories of female friendship and witchcraft in rural eastern Poland.

Nawoja, a tormented witch, buries the head of a dead animal under the barn, casting a curse on the perfect life of her neighbor Bielakowa. Young Bielakowa organizes a rehearsal of an all-female folk band in her house, even though she feels that evil forces are creeping into her world. A friendship develops between the band members. Before the day is over, the girls will have to face the curse of Nawoja. They meet again a few decades later for another rehearsal - older, wiser, but still a tight-knit and spirited group. An elderly woman is visited by the memories of a friend she had in her youth. The two young girls were inseparable, like one soul inhabiting two bodies. Her memories, falling into place like pieces of a puzzle, conjure a story of women's hard fates: failed marriages, unkept promises, dashed hopes and dreams.

—Mia Kovacic