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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

Details

Year
2018
Type of project
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
Composer
Tara Creme
Principal cast
Aneta Piotrowska, Emma Cohen, Daniel Barry, Max Davis, Darren Rose
Film Image
©Warsaw Pact Films

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Ewa Banaszkiewcz

Warsaw Pact Films
5 Eastlake House
London
NW8 8LU

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