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Golden Lions (2022) Agnieszka Smoczyńska ( Polish: [aɡˈɲɛʂka smɔˈt͡ʂɨj̃ska]; born 18 May 1978) is a Polish film and television writer and director. She is an alumnus of the Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School in Katowice. Her debut feature film, The Lure (2015), was re-released by The Criterion Collection in 2017, also including the ...
- Filmmaker, writer, director
- May 18, 1978 (age 45), Wrocław, Poland
Agnieszka Smoczyńska (ur. 18 maja 1978 we Wrocławiu) – polska reżyserka i scenarzystka filmowa i teatralna. Absolwentka kulturoznawstwa na Uniwersytecie Wrocławskim, reżyserii na Wydziale Radia i Telewizji Uniwersytetu Śląskiego w Katowicach (2005) oraz Mistrzowskiej Szkoły Reżyserii Filmowej Andrzeja Wajdy w Warszawie (2006).
- od 2003
- Andrzej Konopka, (dwoje dzieci)
- 18 maja 1978, Wrocław
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Some time in the 1980s, two sirens, Golden and Silver, encounter a rock band, Figs n' Dates, relaxing and playing music on a beach in Poland. They accompany the band back to the nightclub where they regularly perform and begin playing gigs there, performing as strippersand backup singers. The sirens soon become their own act, The Lure, with the ban...
Writing
Director Agnieszka Smoczyńska called the film a "coming-of-age story", echoing her own youth. She recalled that her mother ran a nightclub, where she had her "first shot of vodka, first cigarette, first sexual disappointment and first important feeling for a boy." The mermaids were an abstraction that allowed her to tell her story without revealing too much of herself.The screenwriter Robert Bolesto sought to write a story based on two friends of his that frequented nightclubs in the 1980s, w...
Themes
Smoczyńska likened the mermaids to immigrants, abused by the locals (used in the sex industry) on their way to their real goal—America. She added they represent innocence, yet their odour and slime recalled girls maturing, "they menstruate, they ovulate, their bodies start smelling and feeling different." David Ehrlich of IndieWire, noting the mermaids' "bodies are a source of constant fascination", said that "The Lureis having some fun with chauvinist objectification; the film has a funny ha...
The Lure was released in Poland on 25 December 2015. The Lure was later shown in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition section at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival and then the Fantasia Film Festival. In 2016, American art house distributor Janus Films acquired North American distribution rights to The Lure, for a limited release beginning on 1 Febru...
Critical response
The film had a mixed reception in Poland. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 89% based on 80 reviews, with an average rating of 7.2/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "The Lure adds a sexually charged, genre-defying twist to well-established mermaid lore, more than overpowering its flaws through sheer variety and wild ambition." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 72 out of 100, based on 19 critics, indicating "ge...
Box office
The Lure garnered 14,899 admissions in its opening weekend in Poland from 112 cinemas, finishing at fifth place.The film earned 41,776 admissions in total. On its North American opening weekend in February 2017, The Luregrossed $7,370 in one theatre. It finished its run on 4 May 2017 with a gross of $101,657 total in North America.
The Lure at IMDbThe Lure at AllMovie- $ 108 846
- Włodzimierz Niderhaus
- Ballady i Romanse
- 25 December 2015 (Poland)
Agnieszka Smoczyńska is a Polish film and television writer and director. She is an alumnus of the Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School in Katowice. Her debut feature film, The Lure , was re-released by The Criterion Collection in 2017, also including the short films Aria Diva and Viva Maria! .
She studied at Direction Department at Silesian university in Katowice. At first she aimed at documentary films, however she quickly abandoned that idea, as telling real, tragic stories was too much for her. In Pieniążki [trans. Money] she weaved a story about poor children, working to support their families.
Feb 2, 2017 · Feb 2, 2017. I n her just-released Sundance hit The Lure, Agnieszka Smoczyńska evokes both the decadence and decrepitude of 1980s Poland through the adventures of Silver and Gold, two man-eating mermaid sisters who decide to go terrestrial and soon become a nightclub singing sensation. Drawing inspiration from the dark fairy tales of Hans ...
Jan 27, 2016 · Agnieszka Smoczyńska, Sundance Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival 2016, Sundance Responses, The Lure In every film, there is the story that you knew you were telling, the story the audience perceives.
