Green Border movie storyline. After moving to Podlasie, psychologist Julia (Maja Ostaszewska) becomes an involuntary witness and participant of dramatic events on the Polish-Belarusian border. Aware of the risks and legal consequences, she joins a group of activists helping refugees camping in the forests in the zone covered by the state of emergency.
At the same time, a Syrian family fleeing the civil war and their Afghan teacher, not knowing that they are tools of political fraud by the Belarusian authorities, are trying to get to the borders of the European Union. In Poland, fate will bring them together with Julia and the young border guard Jan (Tomasz Wlosok). The events taking place around them will force them all to ask themselves anew the question – what is humanity?
Green Border (Polish: Zielona Granica) is a 2023 internationally co-produced drama film directed by Agnieszka Holland. The film is written by Holland, Gabriela Łazarkiewicz-Sieczko and Maciej Pisuk and stars an ensemble cast that includes Jalal Altawil, Maja Ostaszewska, Behi Djanati Atai, Tomasz Włosok, Mohamad Al Rashi, Dalia Naous, Maciej Stuhr and Agata Kulesza. It dramatizes the plight of migrants caught in the Belarus–European Union border crisis.
The film competed for the Golden Lion at the 80th Venice International Film Festival, where it won the Special Jury Prize. It received positive reviews from critics but was condemned by Polish government officials and by some segments of the wider Polish nation. It was released in Poland on 22 September by Kino Świat.
Green Border (2024)
Zielona Granica
Directed by: Agnieszka Holland
Starring: Jalal Altawil, Maja Ostaszewska, Behi Djanati Atai, Wlosok, Al Rashi Mohamad, Dalia Naous, Monika Frajczyk, Jasmina Polak, Maciej Stuhr, Agata Kulesza, Michal Zielinski
Screenplay by: Maciej Pisuk, Gabriela Lazarkiewicz, Agnieszka Holland
Production Design by: Katarzyna Jedrzejczyk
Cinematography by: Tomasz Naumiuk
Film Editing by: Pavel Hrdlicka
Costume Design by: Katarzyna Lewinska
Makeup Department: Aneta Brzozowska
Music by: Frédéric Vercheval
MPAA Rating: None.
Distributed by: Kino Lorber
Release Date: June 21, 2024
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