The Godmother
Marzena Sowa | BE | 2024 | VO FR PL ST EN | 52′
My aunt Niuśka – a strong, funny superwoman, my childhood heroine – lives in a small village in eastern Poland. One day she confessed to me that she has never been happy in her life. Would it have been different if, like me, she had left the country in search of happiness in the West? If she had broken free of the conservative values that still constrain Polish society today?
Biography – Marzena Sowa
Born in Poland in 1979, Marzena Sowa arrived in France in 2001 to complete her studies in Modern Literature at Bordeaux 3 University. After meeting Sylvain Savoia, a comic strip author, she embarked on a career as a scriptwriter in the 9th art. She is the author of several comic strips, including the Marzi series in which she recounts her childhood in communist Poland. This internationally acclaimed autobiographical comic strip was nominated for both the Angoulême Comic Strip Festival and the Eisner Prize. In 2017, she began her training in video at the Agnès Varda School in Brussels. The Godmother is her second documentary film.
CINEMA EUROPA
Cinema Europa is a collaboration between Cinemaximiliaan and Europalia for Art2gether, an exuberant celebration of the core principles of Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union — including pluralism, non-discrimination, solidarity and equality. At the crossroads of art, culture and the values that unite us – now more than ever – Europalia has curated a series of free music and dance performances, film screenings and lectures at various locations throughout the European capital.
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
5:30 PM Dinner by Cassonade
6:30 PM Screening of The Godmother
7:30 PM Question and answer session with director Marzena Sowa
Free event