Cruel Joys

35 mmORU
Director:Juraj Nvota
Length:105 minutes
Genre:Comedy, Drama

Cruel Joys

Kruté radosti; Juraj Nvot, 2002, OV (sk) + FT; Juraj Nvota, 2002, versions: OR,

Director: Juraj Nvota • Scenario: Scarlett Čanakyová • Kameraman: Jan Malíř • Actors: Táňa Pauhofová, Ondřej Vetchý, Milan Mikulčík, Anna Šišková, Ady Hajdu, Július Satinský

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 and her ambitious father. 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.

Length: 105 min

Year: 2002

Country of origin:

  • Czech Republic
  • Slovakia

Language version:

OR - Original version

Director: Juraj Nvota • Scenario: Scarlett Čanakyová • Kameraman: Jan Malíř • Actors: Táňa Pauhofová, Ondřej Vetchý, Milan Mikulčík, Anna Šišková, Ady Hajdu, Július Satinský

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 and her ambitious father. 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.

Year: 2002

Country of origin:

  • Czech Republic
  • Slovakia

Language version:

OR - Original version