Requiem for a Maiden

Fourteen-year-old Marika finds herself in an institute for mentally ill girls, where the nurses’ cruel treatment of her slowly fuels a rage that leads to tragedy.

Requiem pro panenku
Czechoslovakia 1991
94 min.
18+
  • This film is available until 31. 12. 2024 in these territories: Czechia, Slovakia.
About

Filip Renč’s directorial debut was inspired by journalist Josef Klíma’s account of a 1984 fire. Although a student of documentary film at the time, Renč decided to adapt the subject into a feature. The result is a powerful drama of a sexually abused 14-year-old named Marika, who is mistakenly sent to an institution for mentally ill girls. The nurses’ cruel treatment and lack of concern slowly fuel a sense of rage within the traumatized girl that eventually results in tragedy. Renč’s passionate picture, symbolic of the local genre dynamism of the 1990s, already employs his distinctively expressive style. Anna Geislerová shines in the starring role.

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Credits
Director: Filip Renč
Based on: Josef Klíma
Screenplay: Filip Renč
Cinematography: Juraj Fándli
Music: Ondřej Soukup
Sound: Václav Vondráček, Radomír Koutek
Editing: Jan Mattlach
Production Design: Luděk Kouřil
Producer: Věra Kopecká
Costumes: Alena Mejzlíková, Eva Miklová, Marta Mališková
Cast: Anna Geislerová, Eva Holubová, Barbora Hrzánová, Filip Renč, Soňa Valentová
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  • This film is available until 31. 12. 2024 in these territories: Czechia, Slovakia.