My Friend the Polish Girl
Synopsis
Borrowing from cinéma vérité and video bloggers to create a raw naturalism in style and performance, the demanding actor’s process and meticulously scripted dialogue result in a film that watches as a documentary, told through the eyes (and lens) of one of the main characters – first-time filmmaker Katie: an American rich kid, flippantly making a fly-on- the-wall observation of Alicja, an unemployed Polish actress. As Katie fumbles her way through making a “truthful” film, she slowly starts to understand the power she holds over her disturbing subject matter. Her disruptive presence in Alicja’s life mirrors the treatment of migrants in post-Brexit-vote England: welcomed, used, then discarded.
A raw, sexual, visually brash cine-essay.
Official Selection Rotterdam International Film Festival 2018 - World premiere
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Details
- Year
- 2018
- Type of film
- Features
- Running Time
- 94 mins
- Format
- Mixed formats
- Director
- Ewa Banaszkiewicz, Mateusz Dymek 1st Feature
- Producer
- Ewa Banaszkiewicz, Mateusz Dymek
- Editor
- Matylda Dymek
- Screenwriter
- Ewa Banaszkiewicz, Mateusz Dymek
- Director of Photography
- Michal Dymek
- Music
- Tara Creme
- Principal Cast
- Aneta Piotrowska, Emma Cohen, Daniel Barry, Max Davis, Darren Rose
- Film Image
- ©Warsaw Pact Films
Genre
Production status
Complete
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Last updated 15th May 2018
