Year of the Widow
| Year of the Widow | |
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| Directed by | Veronika Lišková |
| Starring | Pavla Beretová |
| Distributed by | Cinemart |
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Running time | 108 minutes |
| Countries | Czech Republic Slovakia Croatia |
| Language | Czech |
Year of the Widow (Czech: Rok vdovy) is a 2024 drama film directed by Veronika Lišková. The plot is based on Zuzana Pokorná's notes of the same name, which were published in the weekly magazine Respekt in 2014 and 2016, in which the author described her emotions and the bureaucratic procedures she had to go through after losing her husband.[1]
The film was screened at the Warsaw Film Festival.
Plot
Interpreter Petra has to come to terms with the fact that she has become a widow at the age of forty. She soon discovers that grief is not the only challenge she has to face as she must deal with worries about her about her teenage daughter, pressure from manipulative mother-in-law and with bureaucratic machinery that comes to life with a person's death: mortgages, loans, rents, fees, endless inheritance proceedings.
Cast
- Pavla Beretová as Petra
- Julie Šoucová as daughter
- Zuzana Kronerová as mother-in-law
- Tomáš Bambušek
- Lucie Žáčková
Production
The film was shot from July to December 2023.[1] Filming took place, for example, at the exhibition center in Louny, at the Masaryk Hospital in Ústí nad Labem, and in Bílina.[2]
References
- ^ a b Kurečková, Marie (28 July 2023). "Začalo natáčení filmu Rok vdovy. Inspirací byly stejnojmenné deníkové zápisky". Mladá fronta Dnes (in Czech). Mafra. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
- ^ "Film Rok vdovy se točí v Lounech, Bílině i Ústí nad Labem". Ústecký kraj (Press release) (in Czech). Retrieved 9 March 2025.