Crache Cœur

Raging Rose

Jozef, a blue-collar Pole, arrives in France to work in construction, but also to find his son Roman, whom he abandoned 15 years earlier. His boss’s daughter, Rose, a teenager in the tumult of sexual awakening, offers to help him in his search. She ends up falling desperately in love with Roman, their encounter having an unexpected impact on both their teenage lives.

Director's Biography
JULIA KOWALSKI was born in France to Polish parents in 1979. In her films, she focuses on themes like the working-class environment, Poland, adolescence, family, and sexuality. Her Musique de chambre was selected at acclaimed short film festivals around the world. Raging Rose is Kowalski’s first feature-length movie. It won the Sopadin Award for Best Screenplay in 2014 and premiered at the Cannes International Film Festival 2015 – ACID. // Films (selection): Miedzylesie, au milieu des bois (2003, doc), Bienvenue chez Maciek (2006, doc), Anton dans l’ombre (Anton, in the Shadows, 2010, doc; CE ’11), Musique de chambre (2013, short), Crache coeur (Raging Rose, 2015)
Competition Fiction 2016
Julia Kowalski
France / Poland 2015
color
80 minutes
OV with English subtitles
Screenplay Julia Kowalski
Cinematography Simon Beaufils
Editing Martial Salomon
Sound/Sounddesign Philippe Deschamps
Music Daniel Kowalski
With Liv Henneguier, Yoann Zimmer, Andrzej Chyra, Artur Steranko, Léa Mesnil, Juliane Lepoureau, Felix Jourdain
Producer(s) Mina Driouche, Valérie Donzelli, Jérémie Elkaïm (Les Films de Françoise, FR), Maria Blicharska, Monika Sajko Gradowska (Donten & Lacroix Films, PL)
Production
Les Films de Françoise 26 rue Danielle Casanova 75002 Paris France info@lesfilmsdefrancoise.fr www.lesfilmsdefrancoise.fr
Weltpremiere / World Premiere
Cannes International Film Festival 2015 – ACID

Internat. Premiere /International Premiere
Busan International Film Festival 2015

Premierenstatus / Premiere Status
Austrian Premiere