Section: THE FEMALE GAZE: New Czech films by female directors

BĚŽNÁ SELHÁNÍ

ORDINARY FAILURES

Cristina Groșan
CZ, HU, IT, SK, 2022, 84 Min

When mysterious explosions begin to rock the city, the lives of three women of different ages intertwine as they face their inner struggles. Retrofuturistic reflection about the question, what matters most when the apocalypse is just around the corner?

#feature #sci-fi #female voices

Performance

2024-11-05 | 17:00
Kammerbühne
2024-11-07 | 12:30
Glad-House

Recently widowed Hana, confused teenager Tereza, and young mother Silva, who is doubting her motherhood skills, come together in ORDINARY FAILURES, based on the script by Klára Vlasáková, a writer and scriptwriter known for her distinctive voice and focus on complex female characters. With a strong soundscape and imaginative use of Prague's architecture, primarily its brutalist elements, director Cristina Grosan creates a retrofuturistic world where a trio of women at a crossroads searches for themselves as the world nears its end.

Text: Lenka Tyrpakova

05.11.2024 | 17:00 | Kammerbühne (original version with English subtitles + simultaneous translation into German)

07.11.2024 | 12:30 | Glad-House (original version with English subtitles + simultaneous translation into German)

Drehbuch
Klára Vlasáková
Kamera
Márk Győri
Ton
Filippo Barracco
Schnitt
Anna Meller
Ausstattung
Antonín Šilar
Musik
Jonatán Pastirčák
Darsteller
- Taťjana Medvecká / Hana / Czech Republic
- Beáta Kaňoková / Silva / Czech Republic
- Nora Klimešová / Tereza / Czech Republic
- Vica Kerekes / Edita / Hungary
- Rostislav Novák / Stanislav / Czech Republic
- Jana Stryková / Karolína / Czech Republic
- Adam Berka / David / Czech Republic
Produzent
Marek Novák
Produktion
Xova Film (Czech Republic), Laokoon Cinema (Hungary), Rosamont (Italy), Czech Television (Czech Republic), Super film (Slovakia)
Cristina Groșan

Cristina Groșan - Cristina Grosan is a Hungarian-Romanian filmmaker and visual artist. In 2021, Cristina’s debut feature “Things Worth Weeping For” premiered at the Sarajevo Film Festival, then went on to be awarded Best Lead Performance at the Bosphorus Film Festival. As of 2022, the film is still on its festival circuit, and also available on Netflix Hungary. Cristina is also keen on working on the short film form. Since graduating from university in 2012, she has directed 6 short films, which toured the worldwide short film circuit. Among those, her award-winning short “Holiday at the Seaside” was distributed in several territories and premiered online to more than 1 million views. Her second feature film ‘Ordinary Failures’ is set to premiere at Giornate degli Autori section of the Venice International Film Festival.

more movies you may be interested in

I AM NOT EVERYTHING I WANT TO BE

Ještě nejsem, kým chci být

We use cookies on our website. Some of them are essential for the operation of the site, while others help us to improve this site and the user experience (tracking cookies). You can decide for yourself whether you want to allow cookies or not. Please note that if you reject them, you may not be able to use all the functionalities of the site.