Call Me Marianna

Story

Marianna is a big woman in her mid-40s. A short time ago she sued her parents in order to be allowed to undergo a sex-change operation. Alienated from her mother and only in sporadic contact with her closest friends, Marianna seeks to escape in a theatre group that wants to put on a play based on her story. As the day of her operation approaches, a tender romance develops between Marianna and an older gentleman which gives her some hope. But her biggest fear remains – that of losing what means the most to her: her family. Marianna struggles with the question: how much do I have to sacrifice in order to be myself? Call Me Marianna is a moving homage to a free choice of one’s own identity.

Director

KAROLINA BIELAWSKA (*1978) graduated from the Andrzej Wajda Master School for film direction in Warsaw and studied at the Krzysztof Kieslowski Radio and TV Faculty of the University of Silesia in Katowice. Call Me Marianna is her full-length debut.

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