THE PLAY
by Alejandro Fernández Almendras
synopsis
The world of a young theatre director in a small Czech town crumbles after he decides to realize his dream of adapting an overly ambitious play based on Euripides' classic 'Fedra'. He loses his two main actors during rehearsals and the municipality threatens to cut funding due to the play's political content. Petr falls for young actress Karolina, playing the lead. Tensions at his home grow: he's not much of a present husband and a father. Shortly before the premiere both women leave him. His wife's had enough and Karolina simply disappears. Petr attempts to save his masterpiece, but the play is a fiasco. Devastated, he tries to regain last pieces left of his life. But is it far too late?
international title: | The Play |
original title: | Hra |
country: | France, Czech Republic, Chile |
year: | 2019 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Alejandro Fernández Almendras |
film run: | 93' |
release date: | CZ 31/10/2019, ES 27/11/2020 |
screenplay: | Alejandro Fernández Almendras |
cast: | Jiří Mádl, Marika Soposká, Elizaveta Maximová, Vladimíra Benoni, Sarah Havacova, Sarah Hlavácová, Danica Jurčová, Ondřej Malý, Darina Nicová, Jirí Strébl |
cinematography by: | Inti Briones |
film editing: | Alejandro Fernández Almendras |
art director: | Hynek Drizhal |
costumes designer: | Veronika Moudrav |
music: | Pablo Vergara |
producer: | Bruno Bettati, Guillaume De Seille, Veronika Finkova, Augusto Matte |
co-producer: | Guillaume De Seille, Veronika Finkova, Michal Krecek |
production: | Arizona Films Productions, Film & Roll, Jirafa (CL) |
distributor: | Pilot Film |