Requiem for a Maiden
Requiem pro panenku / Requiem for a Maiden
Czechoslovakia 1991
CZ 99 min., 35mm
Writer: Igor Chaun
Director: Filip Renč
Cast: Aňa Geislerová, Eva Holubová, Barbora Hrzánová, Filip Renč, Soňa Valentová, Eduard Cupák etc.
Marika is 14. She is deported to an institution for mentally handicapped children after a hard psychic shock when her father tried to rape her. She doesn’t belong to the institution and she tries to escape. Her attempts to runaway are punished with an increasing cruelty. One of the first representations of lesbians in Czech cinema remains disturbing.
Brno: 28.10. – 20.30 – Bakala
Praha: 6.11. – 19.30 – Oko - change of screening time