YOUR NAME IS JUSTINE
synopsis
Mariola is a young woman from the Polish countryside. With unexciting prospects for the future she craves a new and different life. After getting back together with her former boyfriend, Arthur, he promises to take her on magical holiday to the seaside. They fall in love. As they drive to Berlin, thinking Arthur is taking her to meet his father, Mariola excitedly learns a few words in German. Mariola is uneasy when they arrive at a strange flat. Something seems wrong. Arthur tells her "it's just for the night". When three of Arthur's friends arrive at the flat one of them slips Arthur some cash. Arthur has just "sold" Mariola into prostitution. Mariola's new life has just begun...
international title: | Your name is Justine |
original title: | Masz naA Imie Justine |
country: | Poland, Luxembourg |
year: | 2006 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Franco De Pena |
film run: | 97' |
release date: | PL 10/05/2006 |
screenplay: | Franco De Pena, Tomasz Kepski, Chris Burdza |
cast: | Anna Cieślak, Arno Frisch, Rafał Maćkowiak, Mathieu Carrière, Dominique Pinon |
cinematography by: | Arkadiusz Tomiak |
film editing: | Jarosław Kamiński |
art director: | Christina Schaffer |
costumes designer: | Ulli Kramer, Iza Stronias |
music: | Nikos Kypourgos |
producer: | Lukasz Dzieciol, Piotr Dzieciol, Stephan Carpiaux, Wioletta Gradkowska |
production: | Opus Film, Hémispheres Films, TVP SA, Canal + Polska |
backing: | Polish Ministry of Culture, Eurimages, Luxembourg Film Fund |
distributor: | Studio Interfilm |