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Cruel Joys (2002)

Cruel Joys (2002)

Drama Comedy
Release Date: 2002, October 3
Directors: Juraj Nvota
Countries: Czech Republic, Slovakia
Production: ALEF Film & Media Group, Slovenská televízia, Total HelpArt T.H.A., Česká televize, UN Film
Cast: Ondřej Vetchý, Tatiana Pauhofová, Ady Hajdu, Csongor Kassai

Overview:

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.