Film Archive

Half-Life

Variety Critics’ Choice: Europe Now! 2008 / Polčas rozpadu / Slovak Republic 2007

The recently slumbering Slovak film biz registers a faint but steady pulse with contempo relationship ensembler Half-Life. A fortysomething businessman going through a halfhearted midlife crisis, Viktor (Ján Kroner) is juggling a number of women at once.

Synopsis

A fortysomething businessman going through a halfhearted midlife crisis, Viktor (Ján Kroner) is juggling a number of women at once. Long-suffering wife Karla (Klára Trojanová-Pollertová) yearns for his child, business partner Lucia (Slávka Halčáková) clucks over his disorganization and Armenian barmaid Madonna (Kristina Turjanová) slings his drinks. The straw that breaks this camel’s back is free-spirited co-ed Mia (Táňa Pauhofová), whom Viktor pulls out of the Danube after she fell in trying to photograph herself trussed up with duct tape. She’s also got a few strikes against her, including boorish Goth b.f. Konzi (Marek Geišberg) and a set of parents (Matej Landl, Diana Mórová) who just happen to be Viktor’s old school chums.

About the film

105 min / Color, 35 mm
International premiere
Director Vlado Fischer / Screenplay Viliam Klimáček / Dir. of Photography Ivan Finta / Music Oskar Rózsa / Editor Peter Kordač / Producer Milan Stráňava / Production JMB Film & TV Production / Cast Ján Kroner, Táňa Pauhofová, Klára Trojanová-Pollertová, Iva Janžurová, Diana Mórová, Matej Landl / Contact JMB Film & TV Production, s. r. o.
www: www.polcasrozpadu.sk

Contacts

JMB Film & TV Production, s. r. o.
Koreničova 12, 811 03, Bratislava
Slovakia
Phone: +421 (0)2 5920 4611
E-mail: [email protected]

Guests

Alexandra Strelková
Cinema Representative, Film Institution Rep., PR & Marketing

Vlado Fischer
Film Director, Film Director

Ivan Finta
Director of Photography, Director of Photography

Táňa Pauhofová
Actress

Viera Ďuricová
Film Institution Rep.

Peter Dubecký
Film Institution Rep.