– It is not easy to tell the entire life story of one person, nor is it easy to capture their heart and soul, feelings, suffering, joys and experiences into a coherent and engaging story that everyone can identify with – wrote Alex Billington from FirstShowing in Venice. net, emphasizing that Małgorzata Szumowska and Michał Englert managed to do it. The film received only positive reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, and editors from around the world praised the Polish production.
In addition to Małgorzata Hajewska-Krzysztofik, Joanna Kulig, Mateusz Więcławek and Bogumiła Bajor, in “Women from…” performed, among others, Jerzy Bończak, Anna Tomaszewska, Jacek Braciak, Renata Dancewicz, Wojciech Mecwaldowski, Marta Nieradkiewicz, Tomasz Schuchardt, Mikołaj Grabowski.
The world premiere of the film took place during the Venice International Film Festival (Main Competition). It was then presented at numerous festivals around the world: Busan IFF, Sao Paolo IFF, Thessaloniki FF, Scanorama, QCinema FF, Goa FF, Tbilisi IFF, Les Arcs and Gothenburg. In the near future, “Woman from…” will be watched by viewers of the BFI Flare: London LGBTIQ+ Film Festival, where the film will be presented alongside, among others, “Love Lies Bleeding” with Kristen Stewart – tickets for the Polish film were sold out and the organizer had to plan additional screenings .
At the invitation of Miuccia Prada, a special show will be held at Fundazione Prada in Milan. The creators also have their first shows in the United States.
Subsequent screenings will take place as part of KINOTEKA Polish Film Festival, International Film Festival of Uruguay, Crossing the Screen IFF, Istanbul IFF, Sofia IFF, University College London, Polish Film Festival in Singapore, Seattle IFF, Sydney IFF, Festival Internacional de Cine en Guadalajara and Munich IFF.
“The Woman from…” will be released in cinemas across Europe – the film has been sold to Italy, France, Germany, Austria, Spain, the Benelux countries, Switzerland, Sweden, Iceland, Greece, Cyprus, Ukraine, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. International sales agent, Memento International, is in talks in the UK and North America.
The story of Aniela Wesoły. She led an ordinary life – growing up in a small town, work, love, wedding, family. However, she could never fully be herself – Aniela was born in a male body. What choices will he make? Will she be ready to sacrifice everything to live normally and without fear?