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Nepela (2025)

Nepela (2025)

Drama
Release Date: 2025, October 30
Directors: Gregor Valentovič
Countries: Czech Republic, Slovakia
Production: Punkchart films, Cinetim, InFilm, Azyl Production
Cast: Antonie Formanová, Josef Trojan, František Beleš, Zuzana Mauréry, Martin Toman, Sára Polyáková, Lucia Jašková, Michal Soltész, Billy Dunmore, Adrian Jastraban, Milan Mikulčík, Michal Kinik

Overview:

The film captures a period in the life of figure skater Ondrej Nepela, when in 1972 he returns with a gold medal from the Winter Olympic Games in Sapporo, marking the peak of his sporting career. At home, he is greeted not only with fame but also with the realities of the communist regime. Everyone treats him like a celebrity, but the sensitive Ondrej longs above all for an escape from this uncomfortable golden cage. He wants to live freely and in harmony with who he feels he truly is. Yet at the last moment, his promised chance to leave for a professional ice revue is forbidden, and he is ordered to compete in another World Championship. Disappointed, Nepela must find new motivation and also come to terms with the tragic death of his best friend, figure skater Hana Mašková.