

Cruel Joys
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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

Tatiana Pauhofová
Valentína

Ondřej Vetchý
Karel

Milan Mikulčík

Anna Šišková

Július Satinský

Csongor Kassai
Lajosz

Lukáš Latinák

Ady Hajdu
Gabriel

Szidi Tobias

Zuzana Kanócz

Martin Nahálka

František Zvarík

Anikó Varga

Lucia Klein Svoboda

Attila Mokos

Emília Došeková

Zuzana Haasová

Ján Kroner

Milan Ondrík

Klára Roštárová
