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Our Lovely Pig Slaughter

Crystal Globe Competition 2024 / Mord / Czech Republic, Slovak Republic 2024

Synopsis

The pig-killing fest on an old farm is a tradition Karel looks forward to every year. It’s the only chance for the whole family to get together, have a good time, engage in a squabble or two, and enjoy some great food. But this time things are different. The butcher hides the fact his cartridges are damp, grampa can’t bring himself to tell Karel, recently widowed, that this slaughter will be their last, daughter Lucie is depressed after her marital breakup, and grandson Dušík runs away while his parents argue over whether he’s old enough to watch the kill. As for Karel, the pig’s blood spilling everywhere is the last straw... Adam Martinec’s feature debut is a remarkably incisive study of the Czech temperament which, through its visceral character portrayal and searing humour, evokes the masterworks of the Czechoslovak New Wave.

Natalia Kozáková

About the film

85 min / Color, DCP
World premiere
Director Adam Martinec / Screenplay Adam Martinec / Dir. of Photography David Hofmann / Music Jonatán Pastirčák / Sound Miki Kocáb, Peter Hilčanský / Editor Matěj Sláma / Art Director Aneta Grňáková / Producer Matěj Paclík / Production Breathless Films / Coproduction filmsomnia / Cast Karel Martinec, Miloslav Čížek, Pavlína Balner, Aleš Bilík, Albert Čuba, Karin Bilíková, Antonín Budínský, Kristina Kaniová, Jan Koloničný, Zdeněk Pecháček / Contact Breathless Films, Lucie Medková / Distributor CinemArt, a.s.

About the director

Adam Martinec (1990, Krnov, Czechoslovakia). Selected filmography: Sugar and Salt (Cukr a sůl, 2018, short), Anatomy of a Czech Afternoon (Anatomie českého odpoledne, 2020, short), Marie Franková (2021, short doc.), Our Lovely Pig Slaughter (Mord, 2024).