Code |
Time |
Theater |
Rate |
GV |
302 |
7/1 11:00 - 12:49 |
Bucheon City Hall Fantastic Cube |
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|
823 |
7/6 16:30 - 18:19 |
Korea Manhwa Museum |
|
|
302 |
7/1 11:00 - 12:49Bucheon City Hall Fantastic Cube
|
|
823 |
7/6 16:30 - 18:19Korea Manhwa Museum
|
|
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Program Note
In a remote mountain village, two sisters grow up at the mercy of their abusive mother. A terrible accident happens when Šarlota escapes into the woods with her sister Tamara. Otyla, a Roma woman is blamed for the girls’ disappearance and accused of witchcraft. Twenty years later, Šarlota unexpectedly shows up in the village. As she digs into her past, the locals grow suspicious. Only a young and eccentric herbalist, Mira, is willing to befriend her. When the animals in the village start to fall ill, the locals accuse Šarlota of conjuring Otyla's spirit.
Program Note
Carrying an indelible childhood trauma, Šarlota returns to her secluded rural hometown in Slovakia. However, the villagers are from welcoming, except for the young herbalist, Mira, who approaches her. As the animosity from the men in the village intensifies, and with the onset of an illness affecting the village animals, the residents begin to suspect that Otyla, a Romani woman living on the outskirts of the village, has cast a spell on Šarlota’s soul. Tereza Nvotovà’s second feature film, Nightsiren, adds a feminist perspective to the violent patriarchal misogyny dominating the secretive rural village. As the film unfolds, images of Šarlota, Mira, and Otyla overlap, creating an enigmatic collage of resistance. This film stands out for its fresh approach and reinterpretation of folk horror, and it won the Golden Leopard in the Cineasti del Presente competition at the 2022 Locarno Film Festival. (Jin PARK)
Director
Tereza NVOTOVÀ
Born in 1988 in Czechoslovakia. Her debut film Filthy (2017) premiered at IFF Rotterdam and has won many awards at festivals worldwide. Tereza collaborated with various broadcasting companies, most notably HBO Europe who has coproduced her feature debut and two documentaries. Her latest HBO documentary The Lust for Power (2017) was critically acclaimed and has caused heated debate about populism and corruption in politics.
Credit
Producer |
Milos LOCHMAN |
Screenplay |
Tereza NVOTOVÀ, Barbora NÁMEROVÁ |
Cinematographer |
Federico CESCA |
Editor |
Pavel HRDLIČKA, Thibault HAGUE |
Music |
Pjoni ROB |
Cast |
Natalia GERMANI, Juliana BRUTOVSKA, Iva BITTOVA |