Zielone “The Green Border” was watched by as many as 137,000 viewers in cinemas over the weekend! – informs the distributor, KinoŚwiat, providing the exact number of tickets sold in the so-called opening weekend:
137,435
“Green border” with a record. Week after week, great results for Ostaszewska’s films
It should be noted that just a week ago another film with Maja Ostaszewska in the main role broke this record and we wrote then that . The author’s “The Green Border” was watched by several thousand more viewers than the much lighter sequel to “The In-Laws” from 2021.
What is “The Green Border” about? The official description of the film reads: “After moving to Podlasie, psychologist Julia (Maja Ostaszewska) becomes an involuntary witness and participant of dramatic events on the Polish-Belarusian border. Aware of the risks and legal consequences, she joins a group of activists helping refugees who camp in the forests in the zone. under a state of emergency. At the same time, a Syrian family fleeing the civil war and their Afghan teacher, not knowing that they are tools of political fraud by the Belarusian authorities, try to get to the borders of the European Union. In Poland, fate will bring them together with Julia and a young border guard Jan (Tomasz W³osok). The events taking place around them will force them all to ask themselves the question again – what is humanity?”
“Green Frontier” five times better than Holland’s previous film
Even before the cinema premiere, “The Green Border” and Agnieszka Holland became the target of criticism and then attacks from right-wing circles and the authorities, including, among others, Minister of Justice and President. Due to Zbigniew Ziobro’s words, Holland announced a lawsuit. There are protests before many shows, but it seems that the publicity was good for the turnout. The director’s previous film, which won the Golden Lion in Gdynia, had a much worse result. On the opening weekend of “Citizen Jones” less than 26.5 thousand people watched it. viewers.
The film shows the problem of the refugee crisis from the point of view of three social groups – Polish activists, border guards and refugees. It won the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival.
Source: Gazeta
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