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Aniela has lived the first half of her life as a man: with an office job, a wife, and two children. But neither her family's opposition nor repression by the government in Poland can stop her from finally becoming the person she's always been.

Keywords

  • Biopics
  • Doing Gender
  • Female Filmmakers
  • LGBTQIA+
  • Mostra: The best from the previous years
  • politics
  • queer

Actors

  • Malgorzata Hajewska-Krzysztofik
  • Mateusz Wieclawek
  • Joanna Kulig

Director

  • Malgorzata Szumowska
  • Michal Englert

Drama


2h 12min


-16

POLISH


FRENCH

DUTCH

Poland
Sweden
2023
The journey of Aniela, a transgender woman in Poland, facing family and social pressures.

The journey of Aniela, a transgender woman in Poland, facing family and social pressures.


Aniela has lived the first half of her life as a man: with an office job, a wife, and two children. But neither her family's opposition nor repression by the government in Poland can stop her from finally becoming the person she's always been.

Festivals

Filmfest München

Filmfest München

Internationalen Filmfestspiele Venedig

Internationalen Filmfestspiele Venedig

Cast & Crew

malgorzata-szumowska

Director

Malgorzata Szumowska

michal-englert

Director

Michal Englert

malgorzata-hajewska-krzysztofik

Cast

Malgorzata Hajewska-Krzysztofik

mateusz-wieclawek

Cast

Mateusz Wieclawek

joanna-kulig

Cast

Joanna Kulig


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