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Floating Skyscrapers is a 2013 Polish drama film written and directed by Tomasz Wasilewski, and starring Mateusz Banasiuk, Marta Nieradkiewicz, Bartosz Gelner and Katarzyna Herman. It follows the story of Kuba, an aspiring professional swimmer who Read More..

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Description	Floating Skyscrapers is a 2013 Polish drama film written and directed by Tomasz Wasilewski, and starring Mateusz Banasiuk, Marta Nieradkiewicz, Bartosz Gelner and Katarzyna Herman. It follows the story of Kuba, an aspiring professional swimmer who falls in love with another man to the disapproval of his mother and to the surprise of his girlfriend, who tries to hold on to him and their relationship.Premiering at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival in New York City, the film is the first Polish production that primarily deals with the topic of same-sex relationships, and is often paired together with In the Name Of by Małgorzata Szumowska—which covers the same themes in a different manner—as films that attempt to challenge existing local social and cultural norms on homosexuality. Set in Warsaw, the film is noted for using the urban landscape and its largerly clean, straight aesthetic as a means of conveying the existence of these strict pre-existing social conventions, which the film's storyline attempts to deviate from.Reactions to the film by both critics and the general public were mixed. While some have praised the bravery of the film for covering a topic generally considered by Polish society to be taboo, as well as for its cinematography and soundtrack, others have criticized the film's flat storyline and character development as its predictable conventional tragic end.
Description	Floating Skyscrapers is a 2013 Polish drama film written and directed by Tomasz Wasilewski, and starring Mateusz Banasiuk, Marta Nieradkiewicz, Bartosz Gelner and Katarzyna Herman. It follows the story of Kuba, an aspiring professional swimmer who falls in love with another man to the disapproval of his mother and to the surprise of his girlfriend, who tries to hold on to him and their relationship.Premiering at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival in New York City, the film is the first Polish production that primarily deals with the topic of same-sex relationships, and is often paired together with In the Name Of by Małgorzata Szumowska—which covers the same themes in a different manner—as films that attempt to challenge existing local social and cultural norms on homosexuality. Set in Warsaw, the film is noted for using the urban landscape and its largerly clean, straight aesthetic as a means of conveying the existence of these strict pre-existing social conventions, which the film's storyline attempts to deviate from.Reactions to the film by both critics and the general public were mixed. While some have praised the bravery of the film for covering a topic generally considered by Polish society to be taboo, as well as for its cinematography and soundtrack, others have criticized the film's flat storyline and character development as its predictable conventional tragic end.

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Director	Tomasz Wasilewski
Director
Story
Story
Screenplay
Screenplay
Writer	Tomasz Wasilewski
Writer
Based on
Based on
Cinematography	Kuba Kijowski
Cinematography
Editing	Aleksandra Gowin
Editing

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Starring	, Mateusz Banasiuk , Marta Nieradkiewicz , Bartosz Gelner , Katarzyna Herman , Izabela Kuna , Mirosław Zbrojewicz , Olga Frycz
Starring
Music	Baasch
Music
Runtime	93 minutes
Runtime
Country	Poland
Country
Language	Polish
Language
Genre
Genre

PRODUCTION

Producer	, Roman Jarosz , Izabela Igel , Łukasz Targosz (co-producer) , Szymon Lenkowski (co-producer)
Producer
Studio	, Alter Ego Pictures, Polish Film Institute
Studio
Distributor	, Film Point Group (Poland) , Galapagos Films (Poland , home video) , Matchbox Films (United Kingdom) , Films Boutique (worldwide)
Distributor
Released	2013/04/18 (Tribeca) /2013/11/22 (Poland) /2013/12/06 (United Kingdom)
Released
Budget
Budget
Gross	$137,832 (Poland)
Gross