39^ Lovers Film Festival
ALL THE LOVERS

ÚSVIT

WE HAVE NEVER BEEN MODERN
by Matej Chlupacek
Country: Czech Republic
Year: 2023
Duration: 117'


Czechoslovakia, 1937. Helena, the wife of an important engineer, is about to give birth and has a bright future ahead of her: the couple live in a futuristic place, a newly founded city surrounded by countryside. Her dreams and illusions falter when the corpse of an intersex baby emerges from a mound of earth, on a building site. Helena wants to, or rather must, find out what really happened, for the safety of her unborn child. An unexpected and tortuous path, which will bring her into conflict with her own prejudices and lead her to discover a different reality from the one she had foreseen.

Festival

schedule

19
22.30
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Cinema Massimo - Sala Cabiria
Attending: Tekemaya.
20
14.00
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Cinema Massimo - Sala Rondolino

Biography

film director

Matej Chlupacek

Matej Chlupacek, Czech film director and producer, debuted in 2013 with the feature film Bez Doteku. He has directed several TV series and, in 2021, he received the Czech Film & Television Academy Award for Rats. He presented his film Usvit (2023) at important festivals like Karlovy Vary, Palm Springs and Thessaloniki. He is also the head of Barletta production company, which has developed projects for cinema, television and business for partners like HBO Max, Canal+, AMC US, Wild Bunch, TV Nova, and ZDF. 

Cast

& Credits

Sceneggiatura/Screenplay Miro Šifra
Montaggio/Editing Pavel Hrdlička
Fotografia/Photography Martin Douba
Scenografia/Production Design Henrich Boráros
Suono/Sound Pavel Rejholec, Peter Hilčanský
Musica/Music Simon Goff
Interpreti/Cast Eliška Křenková, Miloslav König, Richard Langdon, Marián Mitaš Milan Ondrík
Produttore/Producer Maja Hamplová, Matěj Chlupáček,
Produzione/Production Barletta Productions
Distribuzione/Distribution Bontonfilm
Vendite internazionali/World Sales LevelK
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