romantic period drama, 110 mins, SK-CZ
d. Mariana Čengel Solčanská

STATUS: RELEASED

Synopsis

Just before the World War I., the 15-year-old poor Anka arrives from a small Slovak town to Vienna to be a maid in a wealthy family. She meets Resi, the daughter of a noble family, who was born and raised to be an adornment and a trophy – of the house, of her family, of the Austria-Hungary. Anka and Resi, two girls born in the same year, but on the other sides of the social ladder, find a soulmate in each another.They become best friends, lovers and the only light in a male dominate world. 

PRODUCER: Bright Sight Pictures
CO-PRODUCERS: CINEART TV Prague (CZ), Czech Television (CZ), Radio and Television Slovakia (SK), Studio 727 (SK), Trigon Production (SK)

STORY: Hana Lasicová
SCREENDPLAY: Hana Lasicová, Mariana Čengel Solčanská
DIRECTOR: Mariana Čengel Solčanská
DOP: Ladislav Janošťák
PRODUCTION DESIGNER: Tomáš Berka
COSTUME DESIGNER: Katarína Štrbová Bieliková
MAKE-UP ARTIST: Martin Blizniak, Miroslava Krepsová
EDITOR: Ondrej Azor
MUSIC COMPOSER: Vladimír Martinka
SOUND DESIGNER: Miloš Hanzély

CAST: Dana Droppová, Radka Cadlová, Zuzana Mauréry, Vica Kerekes, Anna Geislerová, Peter Nádasdi, Karel Dobrý, Lukáš Pelč, Cyril Dobrý

FESTIVALS:

• Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF), Tallinn – WORLD PREMIERE
• International Film Festival of India, Goa
• Göteborg Film Festival, Gothenburg
• Santa Barbara International Film Festival
• BFI Flare London
• Stockfish Film Festival Reykjavik
• Washington DC Filmfest
• OUTshine Film Festival Miami
• Kino na Granicy Tešín
• Artifilm Fest, Košice
• Vlissingen Film by the Sea, Vlissingen
• Milano MIX, Milano
• Australia Czech & Slovak Film Festival, Adelaide, Melbourne
• Madrid Women’s Film Festival, Madrid

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