Archive of films Women in Temptation / Ženy v pokušení

Czech Republic
2010, 115 min

Section: Czech Films 2009-2010
Year: 2010

Forty-year-old psychologist Helena’s marriage takes a tumble and the advice she’s been giving to her patients all this time doesn’t seem to be working. Her 20-year-old daughter Laura and eccentric mum Vilma are experiencing similar problems. But there are still worthy candidates for romantic adventure out there.... This new comedy by director Jiří Vejdělek is the lightly cynical Czech answer to "Sex and the City”.

Synopsis

Helena is forty years old and her colleagues consider her a respected authority on marital problems. One day, however, she finds herself in the very same situation as the patients who come to her seeking practical professional advice as a marriage counsellor: her husband has found a younger woman and Helena involuntarily finds herself on the threshold of a new, solitary existence. She doesn’t get much help from her family, though; her daughter Laura is struggling to avoid the pitfalls of first love, and her mother Vilma’s quirky views on life seem totally out of place. But there are still worthy candidates for romantic adventure out there – and the three heroines discover that life has a lot to offer. It just calls for courage, objectivity and a little luck.... This relationship comedy by popular director Jiří Vejdělek, who also wrote the screenplay, is the Czech answer to "Sex and the City”, with its essential dose of bitter irony.

About the director

Jiří Vejdělek (b. 1972, Šluknov, CR) initially studied to be a teacher but then went on to study directing at FAMU where he began earning points for his college films Muse (1998) and Sweets (1999 – entered for the short film programme at the Cannes IFF). In 2004 he was involved in the TV comedy series "The Office”, then he developed his interest in comedy with his feature debut based on Michal Viewegh’s bestseller, Holiday Makers, which had the highest cinema audience figures of any Czech film in 2006 and earned Eva Holubová a Best Actress Award and the Special Jury Prize for the whole cast at the 2006 Tribeca IFF in New York. In 2007 he filmed the poetic Romany comedy Roming and the tragicomedy about a village idiot Václav (two Czech Lions, Golden Goblets at the 2008 Shanghai IFF for actress Emília Vášáryová and screenwriter Marek Epstein).

Contacts

INFINITY Prague Ltd.
Kunětická 2534/2, 120 00, Praha 2
Czech Republic
Tel: +420 724 102 118
E-mail: [email protected]

Falcon a.s.
Radlická 1c/3185, 150 00, Praha 5
Czech Republic
Tel: +420 224 422 222
E-mail: [email protected]
www: www.falcon.cz

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About the film

Color, 35 mm

Section:	Czech Films 2009-2010

Director:	Jiří Vejdělek
Screenplay:	Jiří Vejdělek
Dir. of Photography:	Martin Šácha
Music:	Jan P. Muchow
Editor:	Ondřej Hokr
Producer:	Tomáš Hoffman, Jiří Vejdělek
Production:	INFINITY Prague Ltd, s.r.o.
Cast:	Eliška Balzerová, Lenka Vlasáková, Veronika Kubařová, Vojtěch Dyk, Jiří Macháček
Contact:	INFINITY Prague Ltd., Falcon a.s.
Distributor:	Falcon a.s.

Guests

Tomáš Hoffman

Producer

Jiří Vejdělek

Film Director

Ondřej Hokr

Film Editor, Producer

Svatava Peschková

Distributor

Vojtěch Dyk

Actor