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THE UNBALANCED

by Zuzana Piussi

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

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