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Cruel Joys

2002

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.

Cast & Crew

TPTP
Tatiana Pauhofová

as Valentína

OVOV
Ondřej Vetchý

as Karel

AHAH
Ady Hajdu

as Gabriel

JSJS
Július Satinský

as

MMMM
Milan Mikulčík

as

AŠAŠ
Anna Šišková

as

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