Cruel Joys
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.
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Featured Crew
Juraj Nvota
Director
Jana Garajová
First Assistant Director
Scarlett Čanakyová
Screenplay
Peter Čanecký
Set Designer
Mona Hafsahl
Costume Design
Juraj Steiner
Makeup & Hair
Alois Fišárek
Editor
Igor Vrabec
Sound
Radim Hladík Jr.
Sound Mixer
Marian Urban
Production Manager
Ľubica Malachovská Čekovská
Music
Jan Malíř
Director of Photography
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