Simona Kossak

Simona Kossak (2024)

Simona Kossak - daughter of the painter Jerzy Kossak and granddaughter of Wojciech - deprived of the talent that has defined her family for generations, grows up without knowing the warmth of her despotic mother. When, after graduation, she leaves everything - home, tradition, social conventions - and takes up a job as a scientist in Białowieża, she starts life on her own terms.

Date of release
2024-11-22
TMDB
7.3 / 10 (14)
Runtime
1h 40m
Genres
Drama, History
Director
Adrian Panek

Casting

Interesting facts

Simona Kossak is a Polish biographical drama film directed and written by Adrian Panek. The film stars Sandra Drzymalska as a scientist and ecologist, Simona Kossak. It also stars Jakub Gierszał as Lech Wilczek, and Agata Kulesza as her mother, Elżbieta Kossak. The film premiered at the 24th New Horizons mBank International Film Festival in July 2024. It later screened at the 49th Polish Film Festival receiving positive reviews. The film was released by Next Film in Poland in November 2024.

Production

The film was supported by Polish Film Institute in May 2022. It was co-financed by Balapolis, Polish Film Institute and Warsaw Documentary Film Studio. In October, 2023, it was reported that Sandra Drzymalska would star as Simona Kossak Also was cast Jakub Gierszał, Agata Kulesza, Borys Szyc, Olga Bołądź, Dariusz Chojnacki and Marta Stalmierska. Principal photography began in fall 2023 in Podlaskie Voivodeship, and wrapped on November.

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