Love Express: The Disappearance of Walerian Borowczyk

Love Express. Przypadek Waleriana Borowczyka

21st TDF: Greek Premiere

A documentary celebrating the work of Walerian Borowczyk, a director revered in the 1970s, who was later labeled merely as the maker of erotic movies. Featuring interviews with his closest collaborators, filmmakers and leading intellectuals who put his work into perspective, including Terry Gilliam, Slavoj Zizek, Neil Jordan and Andrzej Wajda, the movie investigates the rise and fall of the legendary Polish provocateur and poses intriguing questions about artistic freedom.

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.


Direction: Kuba Mikurda
Script: Kuba Mikurda, Marcin Kubawski
Cinematography: Piotr Stasik, Radosław Ładczuk
Editing: Marek Kralovsky, Jan Młynarski, Michał Poddębniak
Sound: Agata Chodyra
Music: Stefan Wesołowski
Actors: Noël Véry, Terry Gilliam, Neil Jordan, Andrzej Wajda, Patrice Leconte
Production: CoLab Pictures
Producers: Danuta Krasnohorska, Katarzyna Siniarska
Co-production: HBO Europe, Adam Mickiewicz Institute, Maagiline Masin, Otter Films
Co-producers: Izabela Łopuch, Hanka Kastelicová, Kristiina Davidjants, Anu Veermäe-Kaldra, Anna Wydra
Format: DCP
Color: Color/B&W
Production Country: Poland, Estonia
Production Year: 2018
Duration: 79΄
Contact: New Europe Film Sales, festivals@neweuropefilmsales.com

Kuba Mikurda

Filmography

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