Info
Synopsis
Cast
Awards
Genre
- social drama
Countries of Production
- Germany / Czech Republic
Language
- Czech (OV)
World premiere
- 29th July 2005 – Uherské Hradiste
German cinema release
- 20th April 2006
a production by
- Pallas Film, Negativ Film Productions
in co-production with
- Česká televize, ZDF, Arte
with the support of
- MDM – Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, Media, FFA, Eurimages, State Fund for the Support and Development of the Czech Cinematography
World Sales
- The Wild Bunch
Distribution
- Neue Visionen Filmverleih
Monika, Tonik and Dasha grew up together in the same housing project on the outskirts of a small industrial city. Now the childhood friends are adults, each struggling with feelings of desire and loneliness, longing and failure. Though none would admit it, each craves something the other has: love, family, children… it’s these unspoken longings that bind them in difficult, complex, passionate friendship.
Monika
- Tatiana Vilhelmová
Toník
- Pavel Liška
Dáša
- Aňa Geislerová
Jára
- Marek Daniel
Mr. Souček
- Bolek Polívka
Mrs. Souček
- Simona Stašová
Toník's father
- Martin Huba
Toník's mother
- Anna Kočišová
Aunt
- Zuzana Krónerová
Written by
- Bohdan Sláma
Directed by
- Bohdan Sláma
Producers
- Karl Baumgartner, Thanassis Karathanos, Pavel Strnad
Director of photography
- Diviš Marek
Editor
- Jan Daňhel
Set design
- Jan Novotný
Music
- Leonid Soybelman
Production Manager
- Jiři Konečný
Script editor
- Burkhard Althoff
Sound
- Jan Čeněk
Costume
- Zuzana Krejzková
Set construction
- Petr Pištěk
- Toronto IFF
- New York FF
- IFF Reykjavik
- London FF
- Sao Paulo IFF
- Palm Springs
- Trieste FF
- Premiers Plans Angers
- IFF Rotterdam IFF
- IFF Gøteburg
- IFF Istanbul
- IFF Sofia
- Hong Kong Filmart
- Golden Shell for Best Feature Film, Silver Shell for Best Leading Actress (Anna Geislerová) / Donostia San Sebastián IFF
- Golden Athena (best feature film) IFF Athen
- Louve d’Or (best feature film) Festival du Nouveau Cinema de Montréal
- Fipresci award (audience award) FF Cottbus
- Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Leading Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Leading Actor / Czech Lion Awards
