Synopsis : Fate of the villages in Mara’s home valley is sealed by the project of the new water reservoir and the villagers are forced to gradually leave their homes. She longs to leave the countryside and study in town, however, her father, a Ruthenian farmer, keeps her tied to the family land, which he refuses to let go of despite the end approaching. Mara finds herself in the core of the village community fighting against the failing infrastructure, hidden terrors of the authorities and incoming flood.
Director :
Martin Gonda
Producer :
Katarina Krnacova, Tomas Gic
Screenplay :
Martin Gonda, Dominika Udvorkova, Martin Suster
DOP :
Oliver Záhlava
Editor :
Paweł Laskowski
Cast :
Sara Chripakova, Jozef Pantlikas, Katarina Babejova, Vladimir Cema, Vladimira Stefanikova, Michal Soltes, Jevgenij Libeznuk, Igor Latta
Martin Gonda (16/03/1990) is a graduate of the Film and Television Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava, where he received his master's degree in Film and TV Directing. His master´s movie PURA VIDA premiered at the Cinéfondation section of the Festival de Cannes 2019. He spent several months at the production company Atelier de Film in cooperation with Caragiale Academy of Theater Arts and Cinematography in Bucharest through the Erasmus Internship Programme, where he worked as an assistant to a producer on various commercial projects and also as the head of programming at Arkadia Short Film Fest. Martin also directed several commercials at various advertisement companies. Now, he is preparing his feature film debut Potopa.