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Children

2014-09-01 · 100 min · Not rated

Drama

Virtually without exception, a relation between parents and children is something that affects us throughout our lives. The first fiction film by award-winning documentarist Jaro Vojtek is an omnibus film about complicated relationships between parents and their children in which characters are challenged with long-term separation or declining health. Four stories titled Son, Marathon, Canary and Father tell four different tales that form a single view on the troubled relationship between parents and children. Each story takes place in a different season and together they create a multi-layered mosaic of relations reflecting hopes, disappointments and inevitable decisions. With a documentary filmmaker’s precision, Vojtek observes the characters and their behaviour, presenting an authentic picture of damaged family relations.

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Directors
Jaroslav Vojtek
Production companies
MPhilms, Duracfilm, RTVS
Countries
Slovakia, Czech Republic
Status
Released

Top Cast

János Gosztonyi
Vladimír ZboroňVladimír Zboroň
Roman Bubla
Martin Horváth
Richard FelixRichard Felix
Arnold Nagy
Éva BandorÉva Bandor

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