Glorious Summer

Director: Helena Ganjalyan, Bartosz Szpak
Script: Helena Ganjalyan, Bartosz Szpak
Cinematography: Tomasz Woźniczka
Editing Alan Zejer
Producers: Maria Gołoś Monika Matuszewska
Cast: Magdalena Fejdasz-Hanczewska, Helena Ganjalyan, Daniela Komędera, Weronika Humaj

Poland 2025
90′

language: polish
subtitles:
Świdnica — english
Trutnov — czech-english

The screening will be followed by a Q&A with actresses Daniela Komędera and Weronika Humaj.

A scorching summer, a Renaissance palace. Three women exist in a carefree state of suspension, while an enigmatic system fulfills all their life needs – providing food, entertainment, and tools for constant self-improvement. There is only one rule: they must not cross the wall surrounding the estate. Soon, however, cracks begin to appear in this idyllic picture. A daily routine focused on wellness affirmations starts to resemble enslavement, and beneath the smiles and cheerful surface emerge long-suppressed anger, rage, and a burning desire for freedom. The protagonists begin to communicate using their own code and secretly “practice dying,” desperately trying to devise an escape plan. But will women raised in perpetual immaturity be able to cross the boundaries imposed on them by the system?