WOMAN OF
Premiere 05.04.2024
Movie description
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?
WOMAN OF
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?
- Aniela Małgorzata Hajewska-Krzysztofik
- Iza Joanna Kulig
- young Aniela Mateusz Więcławek
- young Iza Bogumiła Bajor
- young Iza Bogumiła Bajor
- director Małgorzata Szumowska & Michał Englert
- screenplay Małgorzata Szumowska & Michał Englert
- cinematography Michał Englert
- editing Jarosław Kamiński
- editing Jarosław Kamiński
- production design Marek Zawierucha
- costume design Anna Englert
- hair and makeup Waldemar Pokromski & Monika Kaleta
- sound on set Marcin Jachyra
- sound design Kacper Habisiak
- music Jimek
- production NOMAD Films, Plio
- coproduction Film i Väst, Common Ground Pictures
- producers Klaudia Śmieja-Rostworowska, Katarzyna Jordan-Kulczyk, Gregory Jankilevitsch, Bogna Szewczyk-Skupień, Małgorzata Szumowska, Michał Englert
- coproducers Jonas Kellagher, Kristina Borjeson
- co-financing Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej
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Awards and nominations
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Venice IFF
Main Competition
