Ordinary Failures (second feature)

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Ordinary Failures (Bezna selhani)

original title:

Bezna selhani

directed by:

cast:

Tatjana Medvecka, Vica Kerekes, Beata Kanokova, Nora Klimesová, Adam Berka, Rostislav Novák jr., Jana Stryková, Lubos Vesely

screenplay:

Klara Vlasakova

cinematography:

Mark Gyori

editing:

Anna Meller

set design:

Antonin Silar

costume design:

Petra Krcmárová

music:

Pjoni

producer:

Marek Novak, Judit Stalter, Marica Stocchi, Monika Lostáková, Zuzana Jankovicová, Simona Hrusovská, Veronika Kocourková

production:

Xova Film, Laokoon Film Group, Rosamont, Super film, supported by Ministero della Cultura, Czech Television with the support of Czech Film Fund, Eurimages, National Film Institute Hungary, Slovak Audiovisual Fund, Prague Film Fund, Fondo audiovisivo del Friuli Venezia Giulia, Pilsen Region, Regione Lazio, Filmová NADACE

country:

Czech Republic/Hungary/Italy/Slovakia

year:

2022

film run:

84'

format:

colour

festivals & awards:

A misfit teenager, an anxious mother, and a recent widow see their day interrupted by a mysterious natural phenomenon. As their world descends into chaos, the three women struggle to find their place in life.

DIRECTOR'S NOTES:
Barely managing: this seems to describe our daily life, while we try to handle whatever is thrown at us. To avoid breaking down completely, a widow hasn’t allowed herself to grieve. A queer teenager is struggling to be someone she’s not, just to please her parents. An unemployed mother is ashamed to ask for help. Caught up in their personal failures, they are unable to see the bigger picture. Something is happening outside. In the midst of a world collapsing, they need to find each other, slow down, and listen. Their struggle has a point. It is the ache of a new world being born.