Archive of films Let There Be Light / Nech je svetlo
Slovak Republic / Czech Republic
2019, 93 min
Section:
Official Selection - Competition
Year: 2019
A Slovak village is getting ready for Christmas. Forty-year-old Milan travels from Germany where he works to be home with his family. However, the serene and festive atmosphere is unsettled by the suspicion that his son, a member of a paramilitary youth organisation, might be involved in a harrowing event that stunned the local community. This compelling drama, about the strength and fragility of family ties, examines our sense of moral responsibility in a world where xenophobia takes precedence over compassion for those closest to us.
Synopsis
A Slovak village is getting ready for Christmas. Forty-year-old, kind-hearted Milan travels from Germany where he works to be home with his family. He’s looking forward to the yearly rituals and the precious time spent with his loved ones. However, the serene and festive atmosphere is unsettled by the discovery that his eldest son is a member of a paramilitary youth organisation and one of the suspects involved in a harrowing event that stunned the local community. After a series of award-winning documentaries and his remarkable feature debut Eva Nová, Marko Škop turns in a compelling drama about the strength and fragility of family ties, our moral responsibility when traditional values are being reassessed, and xenophobia's precedence over compassion for those closest to us.
Karel Och
About the director

Marko Škop (b. 1974, Prešov, Slovakia). Selected filmography: Other Worlds (Iné svety, 2006, doc., Audience Award and Special Mention at KVIFF), Osadné (2009, doc., Best Documentary at KVIFF), Eva Nová (2015), Let There Be Light (Nech je svetlo, 2019)
Contacts
Loco Films
8 passage Piver, 75011, Paris
France
Tel: +33 664 209 160
E-mail: [email protected]
www: www.loco-films.com
Asociace českých filmových klubů
Stonky 860, 686 01, Uherské Hradiště
Czech Republic
Tel: +420 572 501 989
E-mail: [email protected]
www: www.acfk.cz
About the film
Color, DCP
World premiere
Section: | Official Selection - Competition |
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Director: | Marko Škop |
Screenplay: | Marko Škop |
Dir. of Photography: | Ján Meliš |
Music: | David Solař, Oskar Rózsa |
Editor: | František Krähenbiel |
Art Director: | Pavol Andraško |
Producer: | Marko Škop, Ján Meliš, Petr Oukropec, Pavel Strnad |
Production: | Artileria s.r.o. |
Coproduction: | Negativ s.r.o., Rozhlas a televízia Slovenska, Česká televize |
Cast: | Milan Ondrík, František Beleš, Zuzana Konečná, Ľubomír Paulovič, Katarína Kormaňáková, Maximilián Dušanič, Daniel Fischer, Csongor Kassai |
Sales: | Loco Films |
Distributor: | Asociace českých filmových klubů |
www: | www.artileria.sk |
Guests

Petr Oukropec
Film Director, Producer

Pavel Strnad
Producer

Kateřina Ondřejková
Film Institution Rep., Producer, Producer, Producer

Marko Škop
Film Director, Producer

František Krähenbiel
Film Editor, Film Editor

Milan Ondrík
Actor

František Beleš
Actor

Zuzana Konečná
Actress

Daniel Slížik
Production

Arnaud Godart
Producer, Sales Agent

Laurent Danielou
Producer, Sales Agent

Ján Meliš
Producer