Crazy Love
Poland2023documentary30'Konkurs polski (2024)
Magda and Michał, actors of the famous Theatre 21, made by people with Down syndrome, fall in love with each other. After the enthusiastic acceptance of the proposal, the couple begins to plan the wedding, which meets with mixed reactions from their close ones. Once the initial excitement wanes, the first doubts about the couple’s independent life start to arise. Nevertheless, despite everyday challenges and concerns of their families, Magda and Michał continue to strive to achieve their dream about having a life together outside their family homes. Will they be able to succeed?
- directed by
- Martyna Peszko
Actress, director, yoga instructor. A graduate of the AST National Academy of Theatre Arts in Krakow. She studied at the Conservatoire National d’Art Dramatique in Paris, Lee Strasberg Institute in New York, and Philosophy Department at the University of Warsaw. She completed the directing course DOK PRO at the Wajda School in Warsaw. Her directorial debut was the documentary film "Tell Me Something Else," which premiered at the Krakow Film Festival in 2020. In 2022, her next film "Revolution 21" had its world premiere at Dok Leipzig.
- cinematography
- Magdalena Mosiewicz, Michał Stajniak
- script
- Martyna Peszko
- protagonists
- Magdalena Świątkowska, Michał Pęszyński
- music
- Barbara Wrońska
- sound
- Adam Buka, Jan Dudziński, Szymon Guzik, Anna Lenarcik, Martyna Peszko, Mikołaj Tyrakowski
- editing
- Michał Poddębniak
- production
- Ewa Jastrzębska, Jerzy Kapuściński (Studio Munka Stowarzyszenie Filmowców Polskich)
- Photo
- Trailer