Country: France, Poland
Year: 2025
Duration: 99'
Nawojka, 20, dreams of escaping her harsh life working at the family farm. Under the influence of the free-spirited Sandra, Naw experiences trance-like episodes and strange powers, just like her dead mother before her…
Biography
film director
Julia Kowalski
(France) Born in France to Polish parents, she made her feature debut in 2016 with Crache cœur, presented at Cannes in the ACID selection. Her medium-length film J’ai vu le visage du diable, screened at the Directors’ Fortnight in 2023, won the Jean Vigo Prize, the Grand Prix France Télévisions at Clermont-Ferrand, and the CINÉ+ Award in Brive. Inspired by a youthful crisis of faith, the film anticipated the world of Que ma volonté soit faite and introduced its lead actress, Maria Wróbel. In 2024, she received support from the Centre National du Cinéma et de l’image animée for her next project, set in Poland.
FILMOGRAFIA
Miedzylesie, au milieu des bois (doc, 2004), Bienvenue chez Maciek (doc, 2006), Art Factotum (doc, 2007), Anton, dans l’ombre (doc, 2010), Musique de chambre (cm, 2013), Crache cœur (2016), J’ai vu le visage du diable (mm, 2023), Que ma volonté soit faite (2025).
Declaration
film director
“This is my own image of immigration, and this microcosm is a metaphor for society in general. The film is not autobiographical, but it’s inspired by what I felt as a child in France, coming from a Polish family. It’s conceived as a play, a closed-door, open-air setting, from which it’s very difficult to escape. Of course, it’s not a realistic portrait of the French countryside. Steering away from naturalistic imagery, Her Will Be Done heads more towards a visceral cinema of sensation.”
Cast
& Credits
DIRECTOR, SCREENPLAY: Julia Kowalski. CINEMATOGRAPHY: Simon Beaufils. EDITING: Isabelle Manquillet. PRODUCTION DESIGN: Anna Le Mouël. MUSIC: Daniel Kowalski. SOUND: Olivier Pelletier, Yannis Do Couto, Fabien Bellevaire, Xavier Thieulin. CAST: Maria Wróbel, Roxane Mesquida, Wojciech Skibiński, Kuba Dyniewicz, Przemysław Przestrzelski, Raphaël Thiéry, Jean-Baptiste Durand, Eva Lallier Juan. PRODUCTION: Estelle Robin You for Grande Ourse Films. COPRODUCTION: Flavien Giorda, Yann Gonzalez per Venin Films; Magdalena Zimecka, Marta Krzeptowska per Orka Film.
CONTACT: WTFilms (Maxime Duchateau) WTFilms festivals@wtfilms.fr
