Slovak director of Teresa Nvotos on Venice Drama ‘Father’

Slovak director Teresa Nvotova I didn’t mean to make “Father. “

“To be honest, I thought,” I can’t do that. I don’t know how. “These types of films can be so hard – you just feel like you’re sinking. But I couldn’t stop thinking about this story too.”

In the drama in Venice Horizons, intramies sold, a terrible mistake destroys the life of a father, too career, marriage, and even her mind. Nvotova is a co-writer Dušan Budžak that stuck that to the temptation of his best friend.

“My mind constantly returned to him when it happened to him, which was a boring day – the way we have changed, and I realized that it was not just some horrible story. It could really happen to me Variety.

However, “Father” is not only based on one case.

“I read about it all the time,” forgotten baby syndrome. “It’s hundreds of cases every year, around the world,” she explains.

“We had that personal connection, but then these stories were quite similar. Mostly, it happens to a very loving parent. To all kinds of people, old, young, coming from all social classes. If we would like to simplify It, I would say it’s a Memory Failure. And Now, with Rising Temperatures and more Cars than ever, It’s Happening More And More Often. “

She adds: “This year I have already heard of three new cases – only in the region.”

Thinking about “Elephant Gus Van Santa” inspired a massacre in high school in 1999. years, Nvoto began looking for the right way to get closer to a difficult theme. It is up to the last time, decided not to be too explicit.

“Encouraging people to come to the cinema There will be one of the biggest challenges about this movie. But I didn’t make them that this film was feeling bad. I did that I could get some perspective.” And, we hope, also feel some compassion.

“When it happened to Dušan’s friend, back 2015. years, the company was so quick to judge him. They called him a killer,” bad father. “But that’s not the case.”

The same goes for her protagonist Mikhal, playing Milan Ondrik. Dominica Moravkov and Anna Geislerov joined him.

“We look at others, feeling so just and think, ‘There must be something wrong with them.” “We like to think that if we always do the right thing, nothing bad will come in the way. But he is a good father and it’s also what I wanted to say: it happens with good people.”

Focusing on a man who experiences unthinkable sorrow was interesting Nvot, which was previously focused on women in “dirty” and chronicling “night night”.

“I didn’t think too much about his gender – we accidentally inspired real life – but I was glad to explore the man’s psyche. Sometimes people would look at my work and called” Women “.”

“In our culture, men should not show any emotions. They are learned, and we have a very conservative society in Slovakia, to always be strong. You cannot be weak.” Michal is in that sense. ” Michal is in that sense in that sense, because all these social norms do not work for him anymore. ”

While writing a script, it still reduced its lines.

“He wouldn’t talk about these things, unless they are enrolled, as during the trial. He says,” Nothing makes sense anymore. “After something like this, it’s so hard to find any meaning. Your whole world is broken and you must restore it.”

His tragedy immediately becomes public. But Nvoto peeked behind closed doors.

“I was interested in what was happening at the first night when they finally go home – without their daughter, because they were going to do it emotionally. How will it be surviving him? How will it survive? How will it survive?

“Father” was produced by the production of Danaa (Slovakia), Moloko film (Czech Republic) and the film Lava (Poland), last and behind the Oscar-Nominated “girl with needle”.

“Fortunately, the European system still works. Slovakia is a small festivals like Venice – otherwise, you can pay” Father “in Hollywood. Here you would not be paid to” Father “here.” It would not be here if he would not address anyone “Father”.

“Politically, Slovakia is not currently in a good place. The current government violates all financial structures that allowed me to make my movies. I’m not sure I will be able to continue (there.”

“I’ll shoot now “Our people” Limited TV series produced between Czech, Germany and France. But I plan my next movies outside Slovakia. “