Victim

OT: Obeť

Michal Blaško // Slovakian Republic, Czech Republic, Germany, 2022
Fiction Feature // FF2022

Story

Based on real events, this powerful debut tells of racism, fake news and the rise of the New Right. Irina is a single mother from Ukraine, who lives in a small Czech town. One night, her 13-year old son Igor is mugged and badly injured. When he comes round, he puts the blame on their Roma neighbours. While the police investigate, the whole town expresses solidarity with mother and son and joins Irina in her fight for justice. But when it turns into a big campaign and different figures from the media, politics and civil society start to use the incident for their own ends, Irina begins to have doubts.

Director

MICHAL BLASKO (*1989 in Bratislava) studied direction and screenplay writing at the Miroslav Ondříček film academy in Písek in the Czech Republic and thereafter direction in Bratislava (VSMU).

Trailer

Info

Original title: Obeť

Film type: Fiction Feature

Original language: Ukrainian, Czech

Section: Kaleidoskop//FF2022

Production country: Slovakian Republic, Czech Republic, Germany

Produced: 2022

Runtime: 91 min

Language and subtitles: OV with German subtitles

Director: Michal Blaško

Screenplay: Michal Blaško, Jakub Medvecký

Cast: Vita Smachelyuk, Gleb Kuchuk, Igor Chmela, Viktor Zavadil, Inna Zhulina, Alena Mihulová

Producer: Jakub Viktorín, Pavla Janoušková Kubečková

DoP: Adam Mach

Sound: Zvuk

Editor: Petr Hasalík

Music: Hudba

Production design: Stella Šonková

Costume design: Erika Gadus

German Distributor: Rapid Eye Movies GmbH

World Sales: Pluto Film

Production Company: nutprodukcia (Jakub Viktorín); nutprodukce (Pavla Janoušková Kubečková)

Co-Production: Electric Sheep (Michael Reuter)

Film contact: Rapid Eye Movies GmbH, Stephan Holl: stephan@rapideyemovies.de

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