Cruel Joys
Kruté radosti
Drama
Comedy
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.
2002-10-03
sk
Cast
Director
Juraj Nvota
Tatiana Pauhofová as Valentína
Ondřej Vetchý as Karel
Milan Mikulčík
Anna Šišková
Július Satinský
Csongor Kassai as Lajosz
Lukáš Latinák
Ady Hajdu as Gabriel
Szidi Tobias
Zuzana Kanócz
Martin Nahálka
František Zvarík
Anikó Varga
Lucia Klein Svoboda
Attila Mokos
Zuzana Haasová
Ján Kroner
Milan Ondrík