This simple story is the feature debut for well-known Slovak theater and television director Juraj Nvota. Set in a Slovak village at the turn of the last century, the story teems with passion, and repressed and hidden emotion. It delves into the search for identity, investigating both love and hatred, while dramatizing the tragic relationship between an adolescent girl (Tatiana Pauhofová) and her ambitious father (Ondrej Vetchý). Set against the striking though simple backdrop of a picturesque, even idyllic, landscape - one ostensibly cut off from any important historical, political, or social context whatsoever - the arrival of an unwanted individual evokes the onset of a cruel drama.
Credits
Cruel Joys Cast
Cruel Joys Crew
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Department |
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Juraj Nvota as Director. He was 48 (now 70) years old
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Directing |
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Jan Maliř as Director of Photography. He was 54 (now 75) years old
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Camera |
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Alois Fišárek as Editor. He was 59 (now 81) years old
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Editing |
