30/5 — 5/6/2024
64th International Film Festival
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Section: New Czech Films and TV Programmes

Five Years (2022) 15

Czech Republic | 2022 | 150 min.

David and Teresa are classmates. After prom, they sleep together and then don't see each other for five years. David is finishing medical school, has a beautiful girlfriend, loving parents, and barely remembers the night with Teresa. Tereza is studying journalism. She lives alone, visits her mother out of duty, and maintains a simple lesbian relationship. After a chance meeting, Teresa accuses David of raping her that night and says she will use the story as the theme for her literary debut. David denies it. Their past confronts the present. What really happened that night?

CountryCzech Republic
Year2022
Duration150 min
Rating15
LanguageCzech
SubtitleEnglish
Directed by Damián Vondrášek
Screenplay Sára Zeithammerová
Director of Photography Kryštof Melka
Edited by Jakub Podmanický
Contact Česká televize

Biography

Film director and screenwriter. He is studying directing at FAMU. He established himself with the short films Prison (2016), Borders (2020) and Rituals (2022), winning success at home and abroad. His TV series include Five Years (2022) and he co-directs the series The King of Šumava (2022–2024).

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