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Boylesque | ©Haka Film
©Haka Film
Dokumentarfilm | 2016-2022 | HBO Max | Doku, LGBTQI+, Porträt | Polen, Tschechische Republik

Kurzinhalt

At 82 years old, Lula is every inch the rebel. An openly gay man in communist Poland, he organized underground parties and after-curfew salons of men inside private apartments. He enthusiastically took up drag, despite a fiercely homophobic culture, to free himself from the stifling correctness of the 80s. But now, he's an old, single man in a youth-obsessed world. His friend was crushed by depression and killed himself, but somehow Lula, now Poland's oldest drag queen, remains buoyant. Is he escaping loneliness with his constant clubbing, looking for love yet again to insulate himself against what he knows is coming? Lula isn't waiting for approval. Filmmaker Bogna Kowalczyk's energetic portrait pairs with her subject's kinetic drive, right down to the stellar soundtrack and nimble camerawork. Whether it's meeting fans at Pride or selecting an artist to sculpt his specialty crematorium urn, try to keep up with a man who knows life is to be lived out loud.

Facilities

GeschäftsbereichFirmaAnmerkung
Production SupportMazovia Warsaw Film Fund / Mazovia Warsaw Film Commission
co-production
co-production
PreisträgerJahrPreisKategorie 
Bogna Kowalczyk2022Krakow Film Festival [pl]
Silver Hobby-Horse - director of the best doc
Silver Hobby-Horse - director of the best docgewonnen
Bogna Kowalczyk2022Krakow Film Festival [pl]
KFF recommendation to the European Film Award
KFF recommendation to the European Film Awardgewonnen
Bogna Kowalczyk2022Krakow Film Festival [pl]
Audience Award
Audience Awardgewonnen
Bogna Kowalczyk2022Młodzi i Film Festival Koszalin [pl]
Unterscheidung
Unterscheidunggewonnen
Bogna Kowalczyk2022Hot Docs Film Festival
Aufstrebende internationale Filmemacher
Aufstrebende internationale Filmemachergewonnen
JahrLandFestivalAnmerkung
2022PolenKrakow Film Festival
International Documentary Competition
International Documentary Competition
2022PolenMłodzi i Film Festival Koszalin
Feature Documentary Debuts
Feature Documentary Debuts
2022KanadaHot Docs Film Festival
International Spectrum
International Spectrum

TV-Ausstrahlung

ArtLandSenderDatum / ZeitAnmerkung
ErstausstrahlungPolenHBO MaxDonnerstag, 15.06.2023

Im Kino: Filmstarts und Uraufführungen

ArtLandDatumAnmerkung
UraufführungMittwoch, 04.05.2022World Premiere at Hot Docs Festival