27th Made in Prague Festival
Tereza Nvotová, Slovakia, Czech Republic, 2022, 108’, English subtitles
Cast: Natalia Germani, Eva Mores, Juliana Brutovská, Marek Geisbgerg and Iva Bittová,
30 year-old-Šarlota returns to the mountain village she escaped from 20 years earlier following a tragic incident involving her sister. Taking up residence in the cabin she has inherited, Šarlota starts searching for answers regarding her troubled childhood. In her quest to uncover the truth she is confronted by the misogyny of superstitious villagers with only young herbalist Mira on her side. The tension grows, strange events and whispers of evil begin to invade reality leading the villagers to accuse Šarlota of witchcraft and murder. Striking cinematography with swirling mists and a mysterious forest links women and nature and delivers a haunting atmosphere filled with sense of isolation in this enignatic and beguiling contemporary drama which won the main prize at the 2022 Locarno Film Festival.
Part of the 27th Made in Prague Festival, 3rd Nov – 10th Dec 2023, organised by the
Czech Centre London. Supported by the Slovak Embassy in London
