11-09-2015

FNE at Gdynia Film Festival: The Lure

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    The Lure / Córki Dancingu The Lure / Córki Dancingu

    WARSAW: Agnieszka Smoczyńska’s debut feature, the musical drama The Lure, will compete in the main completion at the 40th Gdynia Film Festival Festival (14-19 September 2015). The film will be released domestically by Kino Świat starting 25 December 2015.

    The Lure tells the story of two mermaids who show up in the middle of the Warsaw dancing scene of the 80's. They join a music band and become an overnight success. Lost in exciting new experiences, they forget who they are, but they won’t escape their sinister nature.

    Marta Mazurek, Michalina Olszańska and Kinga Preis are playing the main characters and the cast includes Jakub Gierszał, Andrzej Konopka, Zygmunt Malanowicz, Magdalena Cielecka, Katarzyna Herman, Marcin Kowalczyk, Iwona Bielska and Roma Gąsiorowska.

    The film was shot in September 2014. It was produced by Włodzimierz Niderhaus through Wytwórnia Filmów Dokumentalnych i Fabularnych, WFDiF in coproduction with Platige Image and Telewizja Polska – Agencja Produkcji Telewizyjnej i Filmowej. The budget was 1.38m EUR /5.8 m PLN of which 560,000 EUR / 2.5 m PLN coming from the Polish Film Institute.

    Production Information:

    WFDiF
    ul. Chełmska 21
    00-724 Warsaw
    Phone: (22) 841 26 35
    Fax: (22) 841 58 91
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    www.wfdif.com.pl 

    Credits
    Director: Agnieszka Smoczyńska
    Music and lyrics Ballady i Romanse [Barbara Wrońska i Zuzanna Wrońska]
    Screenwriter: Robert Bolesto
    DoP: Jakub Kijowski PSC
    Choreographer: Kaya Kołodziejczyk, Jarosław Staniek
    Special Effects Supervisor: Jakub Knapik
    Sound: Maria Chilarecka, Marcin Lenarczyk
    Cast: Marta Mazurek, Michalina Olszańska, Kinga Preis, Jakub Gierszał,
    Andrzej Konopka, Zygmunt Malanowicz, Magdalena Cielecka, Katarzyna
    Herman, Marcin Kowalczyk, Iwona Bielska, Roma Gąsiorowska