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EARTHLY PARADISE
 (DROGA DO RAJU)

dir. Gerwazy Reguła (2008, 90') Poland
in Polish with English subtitles


DIRECTION: Gerwazy Reguła
SCRIPT: Gerwazy Reguła, Marta Plucińska
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Jeremiasz Prokopowicz
ART DIRECTION: Ewa Tarnowska
MUSIC: Gerard Lebik
EDITING: Łukasz Szwarc-Bronikowski
SOUND: Piotr Bielawski
PRODUCTION: Federico Film
PRODUCER: Marta Plucińska

CAST:

Ilona Ostrowska (Ela Duszyńska), Przemysław Sadowski (Mirek Palka), Aleksandra Woźniak (Kasia, Ela's Friend), Krzysztof Globisz (Lankosz, Store Manager)

SYNOPSIS:

"Earthly Paradise" is a film about finding happiness within oneself rather than seeking it out. Ela is a single mother making minimum wage at a slaughterhouse, who keeps getting faced with obstacles that prevent her from living a normal life. She loses the people who support her and has to take on a second job and her daughter, but Ela won't allow that to sway her optimism towards life. As Ela gets into a variety of situations and relationships, her positive nature helps all the people she meets, even causing some to consider her a miracle healer. Filmmaker Gerwazy Regula endorses the necessity for idealism in a world that is always challenging life. A look at how enduring hopefulness and faith can pay off for those truly deserving it.

DIRECTORS:

GERWAZY REGUŁA