Nightwalk (short film, 2020)

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Movie
Original title Nightwalk
Country of production Italy , Poland
original language English
Publishing year 2020
length 9 minutes
Rod
Director Małgorzata Szumowska
script Michal Englert ,
Małgorzata Szumowska
music Hania Rani
camera Michal Englert
occupation

Nightwalk (also # 19 Nightwalk ) is a short film by Małgorzata Szumowska , which is due to premiere in September 2020 as part of the Venice International Film Festival .

action

It is night in Poland's capital, Warsaw. In one house, a father lies comfortably on the sofa, watches the sports show, and expects his son to be just like him. In another apartment, a wealthy mother is having dinner with her daughter who is not at all like her. At the same time, both the boy and the girl embark on a nocturnal journey of transformation, on which they discard their innate gender identity. The streets of Warsaw become a catwalk for freedom.

production

The director Małgorzata Szumowska

It is in Night Walk around the 19th film in the series of short films Women's Tales of the fashion label "Miu Miu" Prada , so the film is also titled # 19 NightwalkTeam known.

Directed by Małgorzata Szumowska , who wrote the script together with Michal Englert . As an inspiration for her film, Szumowska said that leading actor Filip Rutkowski was her boyfriend: “He has a non-binary gender identity and expresses himself by wearing women's clothes. In Poland - a conservative, Catholic country - Filip is extremely brave. ”Filip Rutkowski's love for Miu Miu was the perfect starting point for her story when it comes to depicting fashion in pictures. The second leading role she occupied with the British actress Raffey Cassidy .

A first screening is planned for September 2020 at the Venice International Film Festival in the series Giornate degli Autori, the Venice Days.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Women’s Tales # 19: Nightwalk. In: miumiu.com. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
  2. ↑ Miu Miu Women's Tales. In: pradagroup.com. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
  3. ↑ Fashion House empowers Female Directors. In: Variety, August 31, 2017.