Ewa – The last lesson
produced by Ginko Film (IT), Plesnar & Krauss Films (PL)
direction Andrea Mura, Federico Savonitto
STATUS: IN DISTRIBUTION
SUPPORTED BY: SICILIA FILM COMMISSION, FONDAZIONE SARDEGNA, SOCIETA UMANITARIA CINETECA SARDA, FONDAZIONE SARDEGNA FILM COMMISSION, FILMING CAGLIARI
After sixty years of theatrical and performative research, Ewa Benesz decides to leave Italy and return to Lublin, the city she fled in the 1980s during Polish martial law. The advancement of age forces her to discontinue her workshops, which involve people from all over the world. Ewa Benesz must say goodbye to her students, some of whom have maintained a relationship with her that has lasted for decades.
Ewa's theatrical practice and research draw from a tradition and methodology that can only be transmitted personally, so there is a strong risk that her knowledge will be lost forever. In her return to Poland, Ewa confronts the silent weight of a life spent away from home, in a journey that is simultaneously an ending and a return to her origins.
credits
Scritto e diretto / Written and directed Andrea Mura, Federico Savonitto Fotografia / Cinematography Andrea Mura, Federico Savonitto Suono presa diretta / Sound engineer Camilla Iannetti Editors Jacopo Quadri, Nicolò Tettamanti Produttori / Producers Chiara Andrich, Andrea Mura, Federico Savonitto Produzione / Production Ginko Film in associazione con La Bandita, Takaità In coproduzione con Plesnar & Krauss Financied by Regione Sicilia, Sicilia Film Commission Supported by Fondazione Sardegna, Società umanitaria Cineteca Sarda, Fondazione Sardegna Film Commission Filming Cagliari
festival
Workshops and Markets Cedoc Market For Co-Production 2020 Up & Coming Italia Torino Film Lab 2021 Eurodoc Insular Group 2022 Barcelona Doc 2024-Artistic Consultancy Nord/Est/Doc/Camp 2025 Festivals Biografilm Festival, Bologna 2025 - World Premiere Efebo d'oro - Palermo 2025 Trento Film Festival - Trento 2026 Millenium Docs Against Gravity, Warsaw 2026 - International Premiere
cast
Ewa Benesz, Alfred Buchholz, Barbara Crescimanno, Emanuele Contu, François Emmanuel, Franco Lorenzoni, Irene Mattioli, Vincenzo Pennella, Marta Romaszkan, Amanda Silva Gomez, Jose Damian Soriano, Celeste Taliani, Blanche Tirtiaux, Pavel Vodeniktov. Valeria Anzaldo, Maria Azzolina, Chiara Bentivegna, Witold Dąbrowski, Carmela Dacchille, Gennaro De Fabbio, Łukasz Drewniak, Tanja Fahrtmann, Cecilia Falco, Lidia Fortunato, Mattias Gimigliano, Maria Isabel Gonsalez Munos, Cristina Graziani, Jerzy Kralkowski, Sara Magrin, Stefano Motta, Quinzio Quiescenti, Angela Frances Ruggiero-Corliss, Massimo Saraò, Stenio Santini, Marcella Tomasino, Stefania Ventura.
