Cruel Joys (2002) - Double Feature

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This simple story is the feature debut for well-known Slovak theater and television director Juraj Nvota. Set in a Slovak village at the turn of the last century, the story teems with passion, and repressed and hidden emotion. It delves into the search for identity, investigating both love and hatred, while dramatizing the tragic relationship between an adolescent girl (Tatiana Pauhofová) and her ambitious father (Ondrej Vetchý). Set against the striking though simple backdrop of a picturesque, even idyllic, landscape - one ostensibly cut off from any important historical, political, or social context whatsoever - the arrival of an unwanted individual evokes the onset of a cruel drama.


Main Cast: Tatiana Pauhofová, Ondřej Vetchý, Ady Hajdu, Július Satinský, Milan Mikulčík, Anna Šišková, Csongor Kassai, Milan Ondrík

Director: Juraj Nvota

Writer: Scarlett Čanakyová

Editor: Alois Fišárek

Cinematographer: Jan Malíř


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