Your Name Is Justine (2005)
"Masz na imie Justine" (original title)

While living with her grandmother in Poland, a young woman falls in love. Her boyfriend is charming and suggests they travel around Europe and work here and there to pay for their trip. ... See full summary »

Director:

Franco de Pena

Writers:

Chris Burdza, Tomasz Kepski,

Stars:

Jale Arikan, Elizabeth Bruck, Malgorzata Buczkowska

5 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Jale Arikan	...	Nadenka
Elizabeth Bruck	...	Helena
Malgorzata Buczkowska	...	Hania
Jean-Marc Calderoni	...	Client
Mathieu Carrière	...	Gunter
Anna Cieslak	...	Mariola
Katarzyna Cygler	...	Ola
Frédéric Frenay	...	Body builder
Arno Frisch	...	Niko
Maciej Kozlowski
Nedjad Kurtagic
Rafal Mackowiak	...	Artur
Anna Pachnicka	...	Prison guard
Dominique Pinon	...	Oncle Goran
Grzegorz Piórkowski	...	Priest

Storyline

While living with her grandmother in Poland, a young woman falls in love. Her boyfriend is charming and suggests they travel around Europe and work here and there to pay for their trip. Unfortunately, the boyfriend isn't as he seems and the young woman is sold as a prostitute when they cross over to Germany. We follow her ordeal as she tries to free herself and to stay sane as time goes by and her captors try to break and condition her to a new life of servitude.

Details

Country:

Luxembourg Poland

Release Date:

10 May 2006 (Poland)

Also Known As:

Ton nom est Justine

Filming Locations:

Berlin, Germany

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hemispheres Films, Opus Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min

Color:

Color

User Reviews

It's a great film, and an unforgettable experience

The film has many messages to convey. Besides that, it stretches the viewer's ability to empathize with the central character. It tests the viewer's sense of humanity, sense of justice, and his/her levels of tolerance. The viewer is tortured, is made to think beyond his comfortable life, his family, his friends etc. and is forced to think and feel for girls like 'Justine', girls who are forced to forego their self-identities to live under the identity of 'Justine'. Justine symbolizes the millions of innocent girls born free, born to live normal lives but are kidnapped, trafficked, blackmailed and forced into prostitution. Such girls gradually lose the sense of self, lose the sense of identity, sense of being human and begin to believe that they deserve it, that this is what their destiny is, this is what they are made of. How is it justified? Why should such a thing happen to anyone? Is there an escape? Where is hope? Who am I? What am I? If I escape, who will I be? Though the film may not offer answers to these questions, but through the character of Pauline it raises these questions in an effectual manner in the viewer's hearts, making 'Your Name Is Justine' an unforgettable experience.