ABOUT THE FILM

LOGLINE

Leon, a 60-year-old performance artist, rejects limits between art and life. Only Thierry Mugler, his famous boyfriend, the iconic fashion designer, seems to understand him. Encouraged by Thierry, he decides to make his last big show to cure his middle-age crisis. It drives him to an emotional journey, the finale of which no one can predict.

LONG SYNOPSIS

A bald almost 60-year-old guy walks along the beach dressed in colorful feathers, making weird loud noises. Another time he paints his naked body in red, running around the streets in silver high heels. His name is Leon and he is a performance artist.

His colorful but also dangerous lifestyle often puts him in conflict with society. The only person who seems to understand him is his boyfriend, Manfred Thierry Mugler, the iconic fashion designer. Rich and famous, Thierry becomes for Leon an unsurpassed model of a fulfilled artist who is successful on the international arena.

Encouraged by the love of his life, Leon decides to create his great stage work, a kind of magnum opus of his life. The last big show is supposed to be a remedy for a middle-age crisis, but also an attempt to impress Thierry.

With the help of a dedicated troupe of artists and friends, he embarks on an emotional journey, the finale of which no one can predict.

LEON is not only an intimate portrait of a troubled artist but also a film about passion and love. And above all, about accepting one’s failures and past life that you can no longer change.

Writer & Director Wojciech Gostomczyk

Producers Wojciech Gostomczyk, Janusz Bogaczyk, Janusz Hetman (Studio Metrage), Anna Stylinska (My Way Studio)

Editor Katarzyna Orzechowska

Cinematographer Marcin Sauter

Sound Marcin Lenarczyk (EarWorks Studio)

Cast Krzysztof Leon Dziemaszkiewicz, Manfred Thierry Mugler

FESTIVALS
2023: Thessaloniki International Documentary (World Premiere)

AVAILABLE TERRITORIES
The World

EXHIBITION FORMATS
DCP, Blu-Ray, DVD