Patrycja Planik

Her projects were supported by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, Cricoteka, the Center for the Documentation of the Art of Tadeusz Kantor and The International Maat Festival.

The film is inspired by the true story of Lillian Alling, a Russian woman who attempted to walk from New York back to her home country in the 1920s.

[6] Variety wrote: "What eerie charge “Lillian” does possess comes largely courtesy of its lead, Polish visual artist Patrycja Planik, who utters not one word in the film's two-hour-plus running time, but does hold the camera with a fixed, blank-slate gaze — making her updated Lillian Alling a kind of stoic proxy for anyone who has felt isolated and voiceless in the great American vastness.

"[7] The Hollywood Reporter stated: "modern-day Lillian is played with true grit by newcomer Patrycja Planik, who says not a word during the whole film.

It’s a role that would test the mettle of much more experienced actresses, but Planik handles the challenge with a kind of stubborn naivete that is intriguing to watch.