Festivals International Competition - New Horizons IFF 25 WP - Global SXSW 2025
Three women live in a palace where all needs are met but there's just one rule: It's forbidden to cross the surrounding wall.
In a sun-drenched Renaissance palace women exist in an airy state of suspension, a liminal, responsibility-free bubble, where summer never ends. Soon, cracks begin to appear in this idyllic picture. Long-suppressed anger and a desperate need to escape emerge. Will girls raised in perpetual immaturity, be able to overcome fear?
★★★★ 1/2
★★★★ "Haunting"
"Ignorance is Bliss"
"Beautiful Sun-Drenched Illusion"
"Sumptuous, sinister, and aptly named"
"Alluring Look at Emptiness"
"A sun-drenched hellscape"
Directors
Helena Ganjalyan, Bartosz Szpak
Producers
Maria Gołos, Monika Matuszewska
Screenwriters
Helena Ganjalyan, Bartosz Szpak
Cinematographer
Tomasz WoĽniczka
Editor
Alan Zejer
Production Designer
Katarzyna Tomczyk
Sound Designer
Marcin Jachyra, Maciej Amilkiewicz
Music
Bartosz Szpak
Principal Cast
Magdalena Fejdasz-Hanczewska, Helena Ganjalyan,
Daniela Komędera, Weronika Humaj
Co-financed by
Polish Film Institute