Main producer: Jürgen Karasek Editor KFS: Lucia Haslauer ZDF/ARTE: Claudia Tronnier Further production funding: Federal Chancellery for Art & Culture
The debut film has already received production commitments from ZDF (Kleines Fernsehspiel) and ARTE.
The screenplay by Filip Antoni Malinowski in collaboration with Jürgen Karasek was nominated as one of five screenplays for the „Best Screenplay“ competition at the Sehsüchte Film Festival 2021.
JULIA (30) is a lifeguard at an outdoor swimming pool in Poland. She is a woman of traditional values who hopes to find her place in society by marrying her boyfriend MAREK (32). When Marek unexpectedly breaks up with her, Julia’s world falls apart. She soon finds a chance to revenge and a new direction in life by joining Marek‘s patriotic militia, quickly rising to a leader in the group. But the gap between its members’ behavior and her own moral values becomes increasingly difficult to reconcile…
