Woman of...

Apr 5, 2024

★ 6.6

Overview

Aniela has lived the first half of her life as a man: with an office job, a wife, and two children. But neither her family's opposition nor repression by the government in Poland can stop her from finally becoming the person she's always been.

Genres

Drama

History

Production Companies

Plio

NO-MAD Films

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Cast

Andrzej/Aniela Wesoły

Małgorzata Hajewska-Krzysztofik

Iza

Joanna Kulig

Andrzej/Aniela Wesoły (young) / Jasiek Wesoły (35 years old)

Mateusz Więcławek

Iza (young)

Bogumiła Bajor

Ignacy Wesoły (old)

Jerzy Bończak

Elżbieta Wesoły (old)

Anna Tomaszewska

Marek Wesoły (old)

Jacek Braciak

Andrzej/Aniela Wesoły (18 years old) / Jasiek Wesoły

Franciszek Englert

Sister-in-Law of Andrzej/Aniela Wesoły

Renata Dancewicz

Ignacy Wesoły (young)

Wojciech Mecwaldowski

Elżbieta Wesoły (young)

Marta Nieradkiewicz

Marek Wesoły (young)

Piotr Bondyra

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