Friday, July 30, 2021

Press day coverage -- NEVER GONNA SNOW AGAIN -- featuring writer/director Malgorzata Szumowska (Elles, In the Name of) and her longtime collaborator Michal Englert


A film by Malgorzata Szumowska and Michal Englert

Starring Alec Utgoff (Stranger Things)

Poland's Official Submission to the 93rd Academy Awards®


“Somewhere between Twin Peaks and Pasolini’s Teorema."

– Jonathan Romney, Screen Daily

Opens in Theaters on July 30 NY / August 6 LA


LISTEN to the press day conversation with
Malgorzata Szumowska and Michal Englerthost
and KUCI's
Janeane Bernstein


Never Gonna Snow Again is an unclassifiable meditation on class, immigration, and global warming shot through with Lynchian touches of the otherworldly and moments of sober beauty and unexpected humor. The film stars Alec Utgoff (Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, “Stranger Things”) with Maja Ostaszewska, Agata Kulesza, Weronika Rosati, Katarzyna Figura, Andrzej Chyra, and Łukasz Simlat as the supporting cast.
 

Trailer Available HERE



Synopsis

On a gray, foggy morning outside a large Polish city, a masseur from the East named Zhenia (Alec Utgoff, Stranger Things) enters the lives of the wealthy residents of a gated community. With his hypnotic presence and quasi-magical abilities, he is able to get a residence permit and starts plying his trade. The well-to-do residents in their cookie-cutter suburban homes seemingly have it all, but they all suffer from an inner sadness, some unexplained longing. The attractive and mysterious newcomer's hands heal, and Zhenia’s eyes seem to penetrate their souls. To them, his Russian accent sounds like a song from the past, a memory of simpler times. The latest from writer/director Malgorzata Szumowska (Elles, In the Name of) and her longtime collaborator Michal Englert is an unclassifiable meditation on class, immigration, and global warming shot through with Lynchian touches of the otherworldly and moments of sober beauty and unexpected humor.


Director: Malgorzata Szumowska

Co-director: Michal Englert

Written By: Michal Englert & Malgorzata Szumowska



Producers: Michal Englert, Viola Fügen, Malgorzata Szumowska, Agnieszka Wasiak, Michael Weber, Mariusz Wlodarski



Cast: Alec Utgoff, Maja Ostaszewska, Agata Kulesza, Weronika Rosati, Katarzyna Figura, Andrzej Chyra, Łukasz Simlat



Cinematography: Michal Englert P.S.C.



Runtime Time: 113 minutes



Original title: Sniegu Juz Nigdy Nie Bedzie

International title: Never Gonna Snow Again

Original Language: Polish, Russian, French, Vietnamese

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