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BERLINALE 2013 Poland

Szumowska, Roslaniec and Malaszczak shine in Berlin

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- An appealing Polish triplet in Berlin with In the Name of in competition, Sieniawka in the Forum and Baby Blues in Generation 14plus

With In the Name of [+see also:
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interview: Malgorzata Szumowska
interview: Mateusz Kosciukiewicz
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, to be screened in its world premiere on Friday, February 8th, at the 63rd Berlinale (February 7th to 17th), Malgorzata Szumowska once again shoulders a sensitive issue. After tackling - not without a certain irony - the subject of the death of loved ones in 33 Scenes from Life [+see also:
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, then confronting the taboo topic of student prostitution in Elles [+see also:
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interview: Malgorzata Sumowska
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, she is now turning her attention to the Catholic church.

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The tale revolves around a priest living in a Polish village who sets up a centre to help boys with a troubled past. But the priest carries his own particular burden... For this portrait of the secrets of love and faith which may concern representatives of the Church, the filmmaker has drawn up a cast of very good Polish actors including Andrzej Chyra, Maja Ostaszewska, Mateusz Kosciukiewicz and Lukasz Simlat.

Another audacious filmmaker, Polish and female, is on the bill at the Berlinale, in the Generation 14plus section: Katarzyna Roslaniec. Noticed for Mall Girls [+see also:
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 (a theme close to that of Elles with teenaged prostitutes picking up their clients in shopping malls), this young filmmaker has again addressed the problems encountered by toady's youngsters with Baby Blues [+see also:
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 (article). Presented rather like a blog, the film focuses on the superficiality and self-centeredness of the younger generation.

Polish cinema will also be represented in Berlin in the Forum section with Sieniawka [+see also:
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 by Marcin Malaszczak. In this first feature film, the director, who lives and works in the German capital, proposes a kind of voyage into the human subconscious.

At the European Film Market, Poland will not be lacking either in promising assets, especially thanks to Lasting [+see also:
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interview: Jacek Borcuch
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 by Jacek BorcuchLast Floor by Tadeusz KrólThe Fifth Season of the Year by Jerzy Domaradzki and The Girl from the Wardrobe by independent filmmaker Bodo Kox.

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(Translated from French)

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