A film of El Gouna Film Festival

العجوزThe Crone

Director
Catherine Kasima Kanda
Countries
Poland
Year
2024
Running time
40 min
Language
Polish

At El Gouna Film Festival

What it is about

Milena runs away from the nightmare of her family home to a nearby forest. On her way, she meets the Crone - an old woman living alone in the darkness of the forest, about whom disturbing stories have been circulating among people for years. The hermit does not let Milena go and follows her every step. The girl doesn't understand what this old woman wants from her and tries to find out why she lives in the forest and what she has done to make people afraid of her. She discovers the dark secret of the Crone only as a mature woman, when she returns to the past. Then comes the moment of transformation - Milena has the most difficult task to perform - facing her greatest fears and finally coming to terms with the past. The folk tale is set in the world of ancient Slavic beliefs.

Key roles

Director
Catherine Kasima Kanda
Writer
Catherine Kasima Kanda
Editor
Arkadiusz Wojdyga

Full credits

Cast

5
  • Natasza Lesniakas Maria
  • Katarzyna Bargiełowskaas Babcia
  • Ewa Szykulskaas Pustelnica
  • Justyna Duckaas Milena
  • Emilia Czechas Dziewczynka

Directing

1
  • Catherine Kasima KandaDirector

Writing

1
  • Catherine Kasima KandaWriter

Editing

1
  • Arkadiusz WojdygaEditor

Everyone who made it, on goat grids

This film has no page on goat grids yet. Find a name you know from it, or your own:

El Gouna Film Festival

The festival's name is used as plain text. goat grids is not part of El Gouna Film Festival.