Iza, a policewoman, is investigating the murder of a young woman. Suddenly, two men on a task force disappear. One of them is Iza's husband and the father of her unborn twins. The film is a fusion of a modern crime drama and the noir genre. The picture is the Polish feature debut for Otłowski, an accomplished documentary filmmaker who also shot his first feature Ein Kleid aus Warschau in 2006 in Germany.
Waterline was shot on location in November 2013 in Legionowo, Wieliszew and Serock. The film is produced by WFDiF in coproduction with Film Finance and Production and Lightcraft. The budget of the title was 3 m PLN and the film received support from the Polish Film Institute.
The cast of the film includes a highly praised Polish actress Jowita Budnik in the lead along with Sebastian Fabijański, Mariusz Bonaszewski, Łukasz Simlat and Agata Buzek.
The title will premiere in Poland on 17 October 2014 distributed by Phoenix Film Distribution.
Crew:
Directed by: Michał Otłowski
Written by: Michał Otłowski
Director of photography: Łukasz Gutt PSC
Music by: Cezary Skubiszewski
Production design by: Małgorzata Grabowska-Kozera
Costume design by: Emilia Skowrońska
Make-up by: Anna Dąbrowska, Marcin Rodak
Sound by: Aleksander Musiałowski, Bartłomiej Bogacki
Edited by: Agnieszka Glińska PSM
Produced by: WFDiF
Producer: Włodzimierz Niderhaus
Production management: Anna Wojdat
Co-produced by: Film Finance and Production, Lightcraft
Co-financed by: Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej
Distributed by: Phoenix Film Distribution
Cast:
Jowita Budnik
Sebastian Fabijański
Mariusz Bonaszewski
Łukasz Simlat
Agata Buzek
Production contact:
WFDIF
Chełmska 21, Warszawa
Phone: 22 841 12 13
www.wfdif.com.pl
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Poland