Papusza

Showings

The Main 5 Tue, Apr 14, 2015 4:15 PM
The Main 5 Sun, Apr 26, 2015 5:50 PM
Film Info
Premiere Status:Minnesota Premiere
English Title:Papusza
Program:World Cinema
Women and Film
Tags:Biography
Drama
Literature
Women Directors
History
Best of Fest
Release Year:2013
Runtime:131
Type:Narrative Feature
Festivals & Awards:Special Jury Prize - Istanbul International Film Festival
Best Film Score - Polish Film Awards
Best Cinematography - Polish Film Awards
Country/Region:Poland
Language:Polish
Roma
Website:http://www.papusza-film.pl/
Print Source:New Europe Film Sales
Trailer:http://vimeo.com/68443955
Cast/Crew
Director:Joanna Kos-Krauze
Krzysztof Krauze
Producer:Lambros Ziotas
Cinematographer:Krzysztof Ptak
Wojciech Staron
Editor:Krzysztof Szpetmanski
Principal Cast:Jowita Budnik
Zbigniew Walerys
Antoni Pawlicki
Screenwriter:Joanna Kos-Krauze
Krzysztof Krauze

Description

Bronislawa Wajs, also known as Papusza, was the first Roma woman to put her poems into writing and publish them, confronting the traditional female image in the gypsy community. Joanna Kos-Krauze and Krzysztof Krauzefollows’ beautifully shot biopic follows Papusza’s life from birth to old age. Her meeting with the Polish poet Jerzy Ficowski, who discovered her great talent for poetry and revealed her work to the world, led to a tragic paradox in which her own community rejected her for betraying their secrets.