Obet
Victim- Director
- Michal Blaško
- Country
- Slovakia, Czech Republic, Germany
- Year
- 2022
- Genre
- Fiction
- Scriptwriters
- Jakub Medvecký
- Cast
- Elizaveta Maximová, Alena Mihulová, Igor Chmela, Vita Smachelyuk, Gleb Kuchuk, Viktor Zavadil, Inna Zhulina
- Production
- nutprodukcia, nutprodukce
Storyline
Irina (43), a single mother from Ukraine, lives with her son Igor (13) in a small Czech border town. One night she discovers that Igor has been assaulted by three attackers and her whole world comes crashing down. When Igor wakes up from anaesthesia he claims that the attackers were Roma. Since then Irina fights for justice and demands the society to rise up and punish the culprits. As times goes on, she begins to spot inconsistencies in his versions of the attack. Ultimately, when the society is emotionaly moved by the attack, Igor admits to Irina that he made up the whole story. The ensuing march against violence, dedicated to Igor and Irina as victims, deteriorates into a violent neo-Nazi campaign. When in the last moment Irina tries to call it off, she confronts the resistance of the mechanism and she’s to continue what her son began, lie, and take part in the march as a victim. The consequences are too severe for both to bear without consequence or with a clear conscience.
Festivals & Academy awards and others
Venice Film Festival 2022
Orizzonti
Toronto International Film Festival 2022
Contemporary World Cinema
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