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WOMAN OF
Premiere: 05.04.2024Director:Małgorzata Szumowska, Michał Englert
Producer:NO-MAD FILMS
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
directorMałgorzata Szumowska & Michał Englert
screenplayMichał Englert
cinematographyJarosław Kamiński
editingMarek Zawierucha
production designAnna Englert
costume designWaldemar Pokromski & Monika Kaleta
hair and makeupMarcin Jachyra
sound on setKacper Habisiak
sound designJimek
musicNOMAD Films, Plio
productionFilm i Väst, Common Ground Pictures
coproductionKlaudia Śmieja-Rostworowska, Katarzyna Jordan-Kulczyk, Gregory Jankilevitsch, Bogna Szewczyk-Skupień, Małgorzata Szumowska, Michał Englert
producersJonas Kellagher, Kristina Borjeson
coproducersPolski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej
co-financingAwards & festivals
Venice IFF
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