Festivals WP - Global SXSW 2025
There's just one rule: It's forbidden to cross the surrounding wall. Will girls raised in perpetual immaturity, be able to overcome fear?
A sun-drenched Renaissance palace. Three women exist in an airy state of suspension, a liminal, responsibility-free bubble, where summer never ends. An enigmatic system fulfills all their needs -providing food, entertainment and a daily routine focused on wellness affirmations. There's just one rule: they are forbidden to cross the surrounding wall. Soon, cracks begin to appear in this idyllic picture: using a "touch language" - as some things can't be said out loud, secretly practicing how to die, which is supposed to be their ticket to "another place". Long-suppressed anger and a desperate need to escape emerge. Will the girls, raised in a state of perpetual immaturity, manage to break free from the boundaries enforced by the system?
★★★★ 1/2 - Loud and Clear
"Beautiful Sun-Drenched Illusion" - Film Obsessive
"Sumptuous, sinister, and aptly named" - Reel News Daily
"Alluring Look at Emptiness" - Film Book
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