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Featuring:
Julian Swiezewski, Paulina Galazka, Stanislav Boklan
Written by:
Izabela Aleksandrowicz
Elzbieta Benkowska
Monika Dembinska
Directed by:
Elzbieta Benkowska, Lukasz Ostalski, Michal Wawrzecki
Release Date:
September 17, 2015
Original Title:
Nowy świat
Alternate Titles:
Naujas pasaulis
New World
The New World
Genres:
Drama
Production Companies:
Akson Studio
TVP
Production Countries:
Poland
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 90
Three stories of immigrants trying to start new lives in Poland: an Afghan traumatised by the war, a Ukrainian lost in her own body, and a Belarusian running away from painful love. The Afghan, Azzam, works as a translator for the Polish army. In his homeland he is treated like a traitor. Having been evacuated to Poland, he is unable to shake off the war experiences. The Ukrainian, Wiera, escapes to Poland to undergo sex reassignment surgery in secret from her family. An unexpected visit from her father and little son will make her face the question of her own identity once more. Żanna, the Belarusian, leaves her husband, a dissident, and lives together with her daughter at her sister’s in Warsaw. She wants to move out as soon as possible and make a normal home. Things get complicated when her husband gets arrested again.
A story about a group of immigrants living in Poland.
Director:
Łukasz Ostalski
Elżbieta Benkowska
Michał Wawrzecki
Director of Photography:
Cezary Stolecki
Maksymilian Nowicki
Foley:
Jacek Wiśniewski
Music:
Jerzy Rogiewicz
Producer:
Jan Kwieciński
Production Manager:
Inga Kruk
Screenplay:
Maksymilian Nowicki
Elżbieta Benkowska
Izabela Aleksandrowicz
Monika Dembińska
Sound:
Kacper Habisiak
Sound Director:
Kacper Habisiak
Title Designer:
Amelia Florczak
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