The film Travel Essentials, produced by us and marking Kamila Tarabura’s feature-length directorial debut, will be competing for the Sapphire Lions at the 49th Polish Film Festival in Gdynia! Watch the trailer!
Travel Essentials is a story about the search for personal identity, inspired by the moving report Mokradełko by Katarzyna Surmiak-Domańska. The film’s protagonists, Ada and Roksana, are portrayed by Dagmara Domińczyk, the Polish star of the global hit Succession, and Katarzyna Warnke, who also co-authored the screenplay. Agnieszka Holland provided artistic supervision for the project.
About the Film
Ada, an acclaimed journalist living in Hamburg, receives a mysterious package: a book containing memoirs of a woman who was abused by her father as a child, signed with a personal dedication to Ada. The journalist decides to meet the author, who turns out to be her former school friend, Roksana. Together, they set off on a journey to the town where they grew up to confront Roksana’s mother, a silent witness to her childhood trauma. Upon arrival, however, they find that Roksana’s mother is fiercely guarding family secrets, maintaining the image of an ideal husband and family. Ada decides to document this complex and intriguing story in a report, though, for her, Roksana’s case isn’t the only unresolved matter. Ada must also confront her own demons from the past, which have been hindering her relationship with her partner, with whom she is now in an advanced stage of pregnancy. Tensions between the two women intensify, and Ada finds it increasingly challenging to keep a professional distance, struggling to discern truth from lies.
Genre: Drama
Production: Poland, 2024
Director: Kamila Tarabura (Absolutni debiutanci)
Screenplay: Kamila Tarabura, Katarzyna Warnke
Cast: Dagmara Domińczyk (Succession, Priscilla), Katarzyna Warnke (Cały ten seks, Kobiety mafii), Małgorzata Hajewska-Krzysztofik (Forst, Informacja zwrotna), Piotr Żurawski (Wataha, Król), Andrzej Konopka (Chłopi, Biała odwaga)
Theatrical Release: September 27, 2024
The film was produced by ATM Grupa S.A. and RIVA FILMPRODUKTION GMBH in co-production with CANAL+ Polska S.A., ATM System Sp. z o.o., and Wajda Studio Sp. z o.o., with funding from the Polish Film Institute and FILMFÖRDERUNG Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein GMBH.
The film was made in Poland with financial support based on the Act on Financial Support for Audiovisual Production, provided by the Polish Film Institute from funds of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.
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