Italians is a story of a love triangle between two Italian brothers and a German woman set in fascist Italy during World War II. The film is a journey into the intimate world of one of the brothers, exploring his subconscious images of his relationships with his family and friends. In a bold search for new film language, Barczyk tries to combine the poetics of a dream and neorealism.
Łukasz Barczyk (born in 1974) is an accomplished Polish film director, recognized for his dramas I'm Looking At You Mary and Changes, considered one of the most significant Polish titles of the last decade. A graduate of Łódź Film School (www.filmschool.lodz.pl), he directed several Television Theater plays produced for TVP (www.tvp.pl). In 2000 Barczyk was awarded for his Directing Debut at the Polish Film Festival in Gdynia (wwwfpff.pl) for I'm Looking At You Mary. Changes was awarded at the IFF in Turin with the Special Jury Prize, The Youth Award and the FIPRESCI Award for "excepional intensity of the actors performance."
Barczyk is known for not only directing his movies but also writing and producing them. Italians was produced in large part with the financial input of the director himself, in co-production with EBH Polska (www.ebh.cc), Opus Film (www.opusfilm.pl), and S.F. KADR (www.studiokadr.pl). The film had its Polish premiere in March 2011, distributed by Gutek Film (www.gutekfilm.com.pl). The distribution was co-financed by the Polish Film Institute (www.pisf.pl). Gutek Film is also handling world sales.
The cast includes Krzysztof Warlikowski, one of the most popular Polish theater directors. Warlikowski, who had co-wrote of the script, makes his film acting debut in this production. The cast also includes Jacek Poniedziałek, an actor who worked with Barczyk in Changes, who is is often cast by Warlikowski in his theater plays. The female lead is played by Renatte Jett, an Austrian actress who has made a career in Poland starring in Warlikowski's theatre productions.
Credits:
Director - Łukasz Barczyk
Screenwriter - Łukasz Barczyk
Director of Photography - Karina Kleszczewska
Music - Robert Sędzicki
Production Design - Donatella Raugei
Sound - Robert Sędzicki
Film Editing - Łukasz Barczyk
Costume Design - Małgorzata Szczęśniak
Production manager - Tomasz Kucharski, Dorota Sztyler
Produced by - Łukasz Barczyk
Producer - Łukasz Barczyk
Co-produced by - EBH Polska, Opus Film, S.F. KADR
Distribution - Gutek Film
World Sales - Gutek Film
Cast:
Renate Jett
Krzysztof Warlikowski
Margherita Di Rauso
homas Schweiberer
Jacek Poniedziałek
