Papusza (film)

Papusza
Papusza
	Film poster
Directed by	Joanna Kos-Krauze; Krzysztof Krauze
Screenplay by
Story by	Joanna Kos-Krauze; Krzysztof Krauze
Starring	Jowita Budnik
Cinematography	Krzysztof Ptak;
Edited by
Music by	Jan Kanty Pawluśkiewicz
Production; companies	Argomedia Sp. z o.o.; Polish Television – Film Agency (co-production); Canal+ (co-production); KADR (co-production)
Distributed by	Next Film
Release date	1 July 2013;
Running time	126 minutes
Country	Poland
Languages	Romani; Polish

Papusza is 2013 Polish feature film directed by Joanna Kos-Krauze and Krzysztof Krauze, starring Jowita Budnik as lead actress.

The plot revolves around the biography of Romani poetess Bronisława Wajs, better known as Papusza (rom. Lalka) within the Romani community. The film is black and white, with dialogue mainly in Romani.^[1]

Cast[]

The cast is as follows:^[2]

Jowita Budnik as Papusza (Bronisława Wajs)
as Dionizy Wajs
as Jerzy Ficowski
Andrzej Walden as Julian Tuwim
Sebastian Wesołowski as Tarzan, son of Papusza
Paloma Mirga as young Papusza
as „lieutenant” Czarnecki
as (Roma leader)
as minister

Reception[]

Awards[]

The film received several awards at national and international film festivals of 2013:^[2]

Gdynia Film Festival – "Golden Kittens" award of the youth city council; best supporting actor (); best makeup (); best score (Jan Kanty Pawluśkiewicz)
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival – special jury award
"Manaki Brothers" International Film Festival – „Bronze Camera 300” award (Krzysztof Ptak and )
"Tadeusz Szymkow" Film Festival – "Golden Puppy" award for best supporting actor ()
Valladolid International Film Festival – young jury's award; best director (Joanna Kos-Krauze and Krzysztof Krauze); best actor ()
Thessaloniki International Film Festival – "Open Horizons" award

References[]

^ ^a ^b ""Papusza" – recenzja". kultura.gazetaprawna.pl (in Polish). 2013-11-18. Retrieved 2013-11-18.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Papusza". filmpolski.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2013-11-18.

External links[]

Papusza on Filmweb
Papusza at IMDb

[kultura-1] ""Papusza" – recenzja". kultura.gazetaprawna.pl (in Polish). 2013-11-18. Retrieved 2013-11-18.

[fp-2] "Papusza". filmpolski.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2013-11-18.

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Papusza
Film poster
Directed by	Joanna Kos-Krauze Krzysztof Krauze
Screenplay by
Story by	Joanna Kos-Krauze Krzysztof Krauze
Starring	Jowita Budnik
Cinematography	Krzysztof Ptak
Edited by
Music by	Jan Kanty Pawluśkiewicz
Production companies	Argomedia Sp. z o.o. Polish Television – Film Agency (co-production) Canal+ (co-production) KADR (co-production)
Distributed by	Next Film
Release date	1 July 2013 (2013-07-01)
Running time	126 minutes
Country	Poland
Languages	Romani Polish