Drama in production
A story about a man who has everything – until one tragic summer day, when he realizes too late that the infant daughter he dropped off at nursery is actually still locked in the back of the car…
Inspired by real events.
“There may be no act of human failing that more fundamentally challenges our society’s views about crime, punishment, justice and mercy.” Gene Weingarten (Winner of the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for his article Fatal Distraction: Forgetting a Child in the Backseat of a Car Is a Horrifying Mistake. Is It a Crime?)
PROJECT DETAILS:
DIRECTOR Tereza Nvotova
WRITER Tereza Nvotova, Dusan Budzak
CAST Milan Ondrík, Dominika Morávková
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Adam Suzin
MUSIC Pjoni
EDITOR Nikodem Chabrior
PRODUCERS DANAE Production (SK), moloko film (CZ), LAVA film (PL), Czech Television (CZ)
DISTRIBUTORS: Cinemart (SK, CZ), Nowe Horyzonty (PL)
DEVELOPMENT :
“BRATISLAVA: The succesful Slovak director Tereza Nvotová is currently in preproduction with her third feature film Father / Otec. The drama based on tragic real events will be shot in two phases during January and July 2024.”
Selected to Co-production forum When East Meets West, Baltic Event, Sofia Meetings
nominated for the Coprocity Development Award
Father was supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, the Czech Film Fund and the Polish Film Institute.
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