Czech Films 2011–2012 2012 / Vendeta / Czech Republic 2011
When a quite ordinary man loses his daughter he decides to act – impulsively and in a manner totally unexpected of him. Does anyone have the right to take justice into his own hands? And is there any chance he will succeed? This drama with elements of thriller is a rare Czech attempt at a pure genre film.
Does evil really just spawn more evil? A desperate man is driven by his desire to avenge his 14-year-old daughter. He’s clear in his mind as to who committed the crime, but will he find the strength to carry out his revenge? And can an essentially good person attain peace of mind if he violates his own conscience? What further hope has he got? The film, which pits the hero against a strong opponent with his own oppressive traumas, toys with issues of justice and guilt, however, this is not a psychological drama. Instead, Martin Štrba’s powerful lensing captures the rawness of the various generic castling moves it sets up within a strictly defined temporal- spatial environment. The atmosphere is further intensified by an evocative soundtrack that fills the void when the victims find themselves totally alone and vulnerable. But who is the victim here? Vendetta attempts to establish moral dilemmas yet also tries to draw the viewer into its unique circumstances. The picture acquires another intriguing dimension with the casting of Ondřej Vetchý, who usually plays characters with almost unreservedly positive qualities.
86 min / Color, DCP
Director Miroslav Ondruš
/ Screenplay Miroslav Ondruš
/ Dir. of Photography Martin Štrba
/ Music Petr Ostrouchov
/ Editor Marek Opatrný
/ Producer Vratislav Šlajer
/ Production Bionaut Films
/ Cast Ondřej Vetchý, Oldřich Kaiser, Lucie Šteflová, Igor Chmela, Marek Taclík, Ondřej Havel, Václav Vostárek, Dan Novák
/ Contact Bionaut, Bontonfilm, a.s.
/ Distributor Bontonfilm, a.s.
www: www.vendeta-film.cz
Miroslav Ondruš (b. 1980, Ostrava, Czechoslovakia) graduated from Písek Technical College in 2006 and then worked on films by leading Czech filmmakers: as a runner on the sets of Petr Zelenka’s The Karamazovs (Karamazovi, 2008) and Jan Hřebejk’s I’m All Good (U mě dobrý, 2008) and Shameless (Nestyda, 2008), then as an assistant director on Zdeněk Tyc’s El Paso (2009) and Radim Špaček’s Walking Too Fast (Pouta, 2010), which both won Best Film at the Czech Film Critics and Czech Lion awards. He also made the short gangster film Sorted! (Třídilové, 2011). Vendetta is his feature debut.
Bionaut
Dělnická 47, 170 00, Praha 7
Czech Republic
Phone: +420 777 035 401
E-mail: [email protected]
Bontonfilm, a.s.
Na Poříčí 1047/26, 110 00, Praha 1
Czech Republic
Phone: +420 257 415 111
E-mail: [email protected]
Vratislav Šlajer
Film Institution Rep., Producer, Service Company Rep.
Miroslav Ondruš
Film Director
Aleš Danielis
Distributor
Marek Jeníček
Distributor, Producer
Petr Ostrouchov
Service Company Rep.
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