Archive of films Word / Slovo
Czech Republic / Slovak Republic / Poland
2022, 104 min
Section:
Crystal Globe Competition
Year: 2022
Beata Parkanová, the filmmaker behind Moments, returns to Karlovy Vary with an exceptionally vivid portrait of the family of notary Václav Vojíř, a small-town moral authority, and his selfless wife Věra. This masterfully told and highly original intimate drama, whose protagonists undergo a difficult ordeal in the summer of 1968, is reinforced by finely wrought, exquisite performances from Martin Finger and Gabriela Mikulková.
Synopsis
Beata Parkanová, the filmmaker behind the critically acclaimed film Moments (East of the West Competition 2018), returns to Karlovy Vary with an exceptionally vivid portrait of the family of Václav Vojíř, a respected notary and small-town authority, and his self-sacrificing spouse Věra. While husband and wife are quite dissimilar from one another, in their disposition they share not only a serene, pure form of love alongside tenderness and affability, but also mutual respect and admirable ethical principles. This masterfully told and highly original intimate drama about the power of the given word, whose protagonists – inspired by the director’s forebears – undergo a difficult ordeal in the summer of 1968, is reinforced by finely wrought, exquisite performances from Martin Finger and Gabriela Mikulková.
Karel Och
About the director

Beata Parkanová (1985, Třebíč, Czechoslovakia). Filmography: Revolver Revue (2010, short doc.), When a Man Doesn't Know (2011, short), Evička and Luděk (2018, doc.), Moments (2018), The Word (2022).
Contacts
Bontonfilm, a.s.
Na Poříčí 1047/26, 110 00, Praha 1
Czech Republic
Tel: +420 257 415 111
Fax: +420 257 415 113
E-mail: [email protected]
www: www.bontonfilm.cz
love.FRAME
Rybná 24, 110 00, Praha 1
Czech Republic
Tel: +420 230 234 313, +420 604 233 135, +420 775 614 170
E-mail: [email protected]
www: www.loveframe.cz
Publicity contact
Lukáš Vedral
Na Poříčí 1047/26, 110 00, Praha 1
Czech Republic
Tel: +420 257 415 111-2
Fax: +420 257 415 113
E-mail: [email protected]
www: www.bontonfilm.cz
About the film
Barevný, DCP
World premiéra
Section: | Crystal Globe Competition |
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Director: | Beata Parkanová |
Screenplay: | Beata Parkanová |
Dir. of Photography: | Tomáš Juríček |
Music: | Jan P. Muchow |
Sound: | Viktor Krivosudský |
Editor: | Alois Fišárek |
Art Director: | Jan Vlček |
Producer: | Vojtěch Frič |
Production: | love.FRAME |
Coproduction: | AZYL Production, Kijora, Bontonfilm Studios, České televize |
Cast: | Martin Finger, Gabriela Mikulková, Jenovéfa Boková, Marek Geišberg, Ondřej Sokol, Lea Bankó, Tatjana Medvecká, Vladimír Polívka |
Contact: | love.FRAME, Lukáš Vedral |
Distributor: | Bontonfilm, a.s. |
Guests

Beata Parkanová
Film Director

Martin Finger
Actor

Gabriela Mikulková
Actress

Jenovéfa Boková
Actress

Ondřej Sokol
Actor

Bolek Polívka
Actor

Martin Pechlát
Actor

Antonie Formanová
Actress

Taťjana Medvecká
Actress

Gabriela Míčová
Actress

Vojtěch Frič
Producer

Ondřej Kulhánek
Co-producer

Tomáš Juríček
Director of Photography

Alois Fišárek
Film Editor

Jan P. Muchow
Music Composer

Viktor Krivosudský
Sound Designer

Jan Vlček
Set Designer

Andrea Štrbová
Make Up Artist