Dajori

Observational documentary by directors Martin Páv and Nicolas Kourk is the result of three years of filming in the Huček family in Varnsdorf, North Bohemia.

Dajori
Czechia 2024
  • English
89 min.
Přístupný
  • This film is available until 31. 12. 2030 in these territories: Czechia, Slovakia.
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The film Dajori (which means mother in Romani) tells the story of the main character Marie (45), a mother of three children who lives an ordinary life in a block of flats in Varnsdorf with her husband Enrico (50). For a long time now, Varnsdorf has been classified as an area whose population is threatened by poverty and social exclusion. Marie assumes the role of the female head of her extended family and decides to help her younger sister Iveta who has became homeless with her nine children. Two-year-old Anabel and nine-year-old Samuel end up being fostered by Marie and Enrico. In the next three years, the film follows the dynamics of the new family and Marie's efforts to provide the traumatized children with motherly love while at the same time raising them according to her ideals…

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Credits
Director: Martin Páv, Nicolas Kourek
Screenplay: Martin Páv, Nicolas Kourek
Cinematography: Martin Páv
Music: Adam Bláha
Sound: Adam Bláha, Nicolas Kourek
Editing: Matěj Beran
Producer: Jan Bodnár, Jarmila Poláková
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Awards

Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

2024 – Martin Páv, Nicolas Kourek (Czech Joy: Award for the Original Approach)

Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

2024 – Martin Páv, Nicolas Kourek (Audience Award)

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  • This film is available until 31. 12. 2030 in these territories: Czechia, Slovakia.