Maya Dardel

Maya Dardel is a 2017 US-Polish drama film written and directed by Zachary Cotler and Magdalena Zyzak, starring Lena Olin, Jordan Gavaris, Alexander Koch, Nathan Keyes, and Rosanna Arquette.[1]

Maya Dardel
Directed byZachary Cotler
Magdalena Zyzak
Produced byCraig R. Johnson
Mike S. Ryan
Morgan Jon Fox
Dariusz Jablonski
Violetta Kaminska
Izabela Wojcik
Written byZachary Cotler
Magdalena Zyzak
Starring
Music byZachary Cotler
CinematographyPatrick Scola
Edited byOsman Bayraktaroglu
Production
company
The Winter Film Company
Greyshack Films
Message Film
Distributed bySamuel Goldwyn Films
Orion Pictures
Release date
March 12, 2017 (South by Southwest)
October 27, 2017 (United States)
Running time
104 minutes
CountryUS, Poland
LanguageEnglish

It premiered in the Narrative Competition at the 2017 South by Southwest Film Festival and was acquired by Samuel Goldwyn Films and Orion Pictures.[2]

Plot

The film portrays the final weeks leading to the ambiguous disappearance of Maya Dardel, an internationally respected poet and novelist of Scandinavian origins, who has been living as a recluse for decades high up in the Santa Cruz Mountains of California. Maya announces on National Public Radio that she intends to end her life and that young male writers may compete to become executor of her estate. Men drive up the mountain and are challenged intellectually, emotionally, and erotically, until one of them begins to fathom Maya's end game.[3]

Cast

Accolades

Cotler and Zyzak received Best Director for Maya Dardel at the 2017 Raindance Film Festival.[4]

The film won two awards at the 2017 Prague Independent Film Festival – Best Screenplay and Best Actress (Lena Olin).[5][6]

References
  1. "SXSW Film Festival Announces 2017 Lineup". Variety.
  2. "Samuel Goldwyn & Orion Acquire SXSW Pic 'Maya Dardel'".
  3. "Maya Dardel Synopsis". The Winter Film Company.
  4. "Cotler and Zyzak win Best Director". Raindance.
  5. "Train Driver's Diary wins at Prague Independent Film Festival". Prague TV.
  6. "PIFF 2017 Winners". PIFF.
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