The Word is a fusion of a crime thriller and a drama about passionate teenage love. When a young girl gets her heart broken after her boyfriend cheats on her, she wants revenge. She dares her boyfriend to kill the cheerleader with whom he cheated.
The movie is directed by Anna Kazejak thought to be one of the most interesting young directors in contemporary Polish cinema. The cast consists of young debutant actor Eliza Rycembel in the lead accompanied by accomplished Polish actors Andrzej Chyra, Magdalena Popławska and Dawid Ogrodnik.
The Word was shot on location between June and July of 2013 in Szczecin. The movie is a Polish-Danish coproduction between Opus Film and SF Film Production (Jesper Morthorst). The film received support from the Polish Film Institute and the Pomeranian Film Fund as well as
Eurimages and Det Danske Filminstitut. The film opened in Poland on 13 March 2013 and sold over 120,000 tickets to date. The title also had regular distribution in Norawy, Denmark and Sweden.
"Our coproducer from Denmark is SF Film Production is also one of the biggest distributors in the region so international distribution was always a plan," Łukasz Dzięcioł from Opus Film told FNE.
The world sales of The Word are managed by LevelK.
Crew:
Directed by: Anna Kazejak
Written by: Anna Kazejak, Magnus von Horn
Director of photography: Klaudiusz Dwulit
Music by: Kristian Eidnes Andersen
Production design by: Marcel Sławiński, Katarzyna Sobańska
Costume design by: Paulina Sieniarska
Make-up by: Anna Kieszczyńska
Edited by: Morten Højbjerg
Produced by: Opus Film
Producer: Łukasz Dzięcioł
Production management: Jacek Gawryszczak
Co-produced by: SF Film Production (Jesper Morthorst),
Zachodniopomorski Fundusz Filmowy Pomerania Film
Co-financed by: Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej, Eurimages, Det Danske
Filminstitut
Distributed by: Kino Świat
World sales: LevelK
Cast:
Eliza Rycembel
Mateusz Więcławek
Magdalena Popławska
Dawid Ogrodnik
Andrzej Chyra
Luxuria Astaroth
Jowita Budnik
Production information:
OPUS FILM
Lakowa 29, 90-554 Lodz, Poland
tel. +48 42 634 55 00
fax. +48 42 634 55 49
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www.opusfilm.com
