THE UNBALANCED
synopsis
Idealistic translator Nadia finds new stability with her daughter after a difficult post-divorce period. She manages to buy a flat at a bargain price and hope returns to her life, undisturbed even by the omnipresent COVID. She soon discovers that there lives a woman, in the immediate neighbourhood, who turns out to be more than eccentric. The perceptive Nadia senses her disturbed mental health and treats her receptively, which draws Valika's attention to herself all the more and begins to experience a nightmare. A futile effort to help solve the situation starts with contacting the others and ends with a grotesque portrayal of a system, in which ignoring problems is an essential survival tool. Nadia has no choice but to embark on another journey. A single mother in the post-communist world.
international title: | The Unbalanced |
original title: | Zošalieť |
country: | Czech Republic, Slovakia |
year: | 2022 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Zuzana Piussi |
film run: | 79' |
screenplay: | Ingrid Hrubaničová |
cast: | Ingrid Hrubaničová, Vladimír Zboroň, Jaroslava Sisáková, Daniela Gudabová, Tatiana Marta Rehúšová |
cinematography by: | Martin Štrba |
film editing: | Vit Janecek |
music: | Lucia Piussi |
producer: | Vit Janecek |
production: | D1film, VIRUSfilm |