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Film details

WOMAN OF

Premiere: 05.04.2024

Director:Małgorzata Szumowska, Michał Englert

Producer:NO-MAD FILMS

Written and directed by Malgorzata Szumowska and Michal Englert. World premiere at Venice IFF.

Set against the landscape of the Polish transformation from communism to capitalism, WOMAN OF… spans 45 years of the life of Aniela Wesoły, who lives more than half of her adult life in a provincial Polish town as a man. Aniela’s journey to find personal liberty as a trans woman reveals hardships in marriage and parenthood, strained family relations and complicated attitudes in her environment, which constantly place her in impossible situations. What choices will Aniela have to make? Will she be ready to sacrifice all to become who she truly is?

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Crew

Małgorzata Szumowska & Michał Englert

director

Małgorzata Szumowska & Michał Englert

screenplay

Michał Englert

cinematography

Jarosław Kamiński

editing

Marek Zawierucha

production design

Anna Englert

costume design

Waldemar Pokromski & Monika Kaleta

hair and makeup

Marcin Jachyra

sound on set

Kacper Habisiak

sound design

Jimek

music

NOMAD Films, Plio

production

Film i Väst, Common Ground Pictures

coproduction

Klaudia Śmieja-Rostworowska, Katarzyna Jordan-Kulczyk, Gregory Jankilevitsch, Bogna Szewczyk-Skupień, Małgorzata Szumowska, Michał Englert

producers

Jonas Kellagher, Kristina Borjeson

coproducers

Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej

co-financing

Awards & festivals

Venice IFF

Main Competition