You probably remember “Never Gonna Snow Again” from the Venice Film Festival last year, where it was met with much acclaim. Then Poland chose it as their Official Submission to the 93rd Academy Awards. “Close your eyes and imagine what Jonathan Glazer’s ‘Under the Skin‘ would evolve into if its tone were more uplifting than unsettling and its protagonist wasn’t preying on humans but trying to heal them,” our reviewer from Venice wrote. Not bad praise and comparison.
“Never Gonna Snow Again” is the latest from writer/director Malgorzata Szumowska (“Elles,” “In the Name of“) and her longtime collaborator Michal Englert. The film 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 (who you will probably recognize from supporting roles in “Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit,” and “Stranger Things”) with Maja Ostaszewska, Agata Kulesza, Weronika Rosati, Katarzyna Figura, Andrzej Chyra, and Łukasz Simlat as the supporting cast.
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We’re lucky enough to have an exclusive clip from the film, which you can see below. Meanwhile, here’s the official synopsis:
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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.
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“Never Gonna Snow Again” opens in select theaters on July 30 (August 6 in L.A.), followed by a national rollout via Kino Lorber. Watch an exclusive clip from the film below and the trailer if you haven’t already seen it.
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