Poland / UK / Ukraine,
2019, 119 min
(Special edition: 141 min, Alternative: 114 min)
Directed by:
Agnieszka HollandScreenplay:
Andrea ChalupaCinematography:
Tomasz NaumiukComposer:
Antoni Komasa-LazarkiewiczCast:
James Norton, Vanessa Kirby, Peter Sarsgaard, Joseph Mawle, Kenneth Cranham, Celyn Jones, Krzysztof Pieczynski, Fenella Woolgar, Michalina Olszańska (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
In 1933, Welsh reporter Gareth Jones is looking for his next big story. The job assignment brings him to Moscow, where he meets American journalist Ada Brooks who reveals to him the truth about the “Soviet utopia” and Jones starts to put all pieces together. Hiding from the Soviet intelligence agencies and facing deadly threats, bit by bit he uncovers the truth about the tragedy of the Ukrainian people: the Holodomor, censorship, conspiracies and mass repressions. Later the Gareth’s work finds a home as the basis of scathing allegory Animal Farm by the famous writer George Orwell. (Kinorob)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Polish Film Awards
- 2020 - Best Film
- 2020 - Agnieszka Holland (Best Director)
- 2020 - Andrea Chalupa (Best Screenplay)
- 2020 - Tomasz Naumiuk (Best Cinematography)
- 2020 - Grzegorz Piątkowski, Kinga Babczyńska (Best Production Design)
- 2020 - Michał Czarnecki (Best Editing)
- 2020 - Aleksandra Staszko (Best Costume Design)
- 2020 - Best Makeup
- 2020 - Agnieszka Holland (Audience Award)
Berlinale (Berlin International Film Festival)
- 2019 - Agnieszka Holland (Golden Bear for Best Film)