Nowy świat (2016)

  • NR
  • 11/10/2016 (US)
  • Drama
  • 1h 30m

Overview

Three stories of immigrants trying to start new lives in Poland: an Afghan traumatised by the war, a Ukrainian lost in her own body, and a Belarusian running away from painful love. The Afghan, Azzam, works as a translator for the Polish army. In his homeland he is treated like a traitor. Having been evacuated to Poland, he is unable to shake off the war experiences. The Ukrainian, Wiera, escapes to Poland to undergo sex reassignment surgery in secret from her family. An unexpected visit from her father and little son will make her face the question of her own identity once more. Żanna, the Belarusian, leaves her husband, a dissident, and lives together with her daughter at her sister’s in Warsaw. She wants to move out as soon as possible and make a normal home. Things get complicated when her husband gets arrested again.

Maksymilian Nowicki

Screenplay

Łukasz Ostalski

Director

Elżbieta Benkowska

Screenplay, Director

Izabela Aleksandrowicz

Screenplay

Monika Dembińska

Screenplay

Michał Wawrzecki

Director

Cast

Olga Kavalay-Aksyonova's headshot

Olga Kavalay-Aksyonova

Żanna Łuckiewicz
Julian Świeżewski's headshot

Julian Świeżewski

Jan
Dominika Maiseyenka's headshot

Dominika Maiseyenka

Sonia
Svetlana Anikej's headshot

Svetlana Anikej

Irina
Hassan Akkouch's headshot

Hassan Akkouch

Azzam
Dariusz Chojnacki's headshot

Dariusz Chojnacki

Łukasz
Irena Melcer's headshot

Irena Melcer

Ewa
Sebastian Fabijański's headshot

Sebastian Fabijański

Żołnierz Artur

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