Woman of...

Aniela has lived the first half of her life as a man: with an office job, a wife, and two children. But neither her family's opposition nor repression by the government in Poland can stop her from finally becoming the person she's always been.

Cast

Małgorzata Hajewska-Krzysztofik

as Andrzej/Aniela Wesoły

Joanna Kulig

as Iza

Mateusz Więcławek

as Andrzej/Aniela Wesoły (young) / Jasiek Wesoły (35 years old)

Bogumiła Bajor

as Iza (young)

Jerzy Bończak

as Ignacy Wesoły (old)

Anna Tomaszewska

as Elżbieta Wesoły (old)

Jacek Braciak

as Marek Wesoły (old)

Franciszek Englert

as Andrzej/Aniela Wesoły (18 years old) / Jasiek Wesoły

Renata Dancewicz

as Sister-in-Law of Andrzej/Aniela Wesoły

Wojciech Mecwaldowski

as Ignacy Wesoły (young)

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