Cruel Joys

Cruel Joys (2002)

DramaComedy

This simple story is the feature debut for well-known Slovak theater and television director Juraj Nvota. Set in a Slovak village at the turn of the last century, the story teems with passion, and repressed and hidden emotion. It delves into the search for identity, investigating both love and hatred, while dramatizing the tragic relationship between an adolescent girl (Tatiana Pauhofová) and her ambitious father (Ondrej Vetchý). Set against the striking though simple backdrop of a picturesque, even idyllic, landscape - one ostensibly cut off from any important historical, political, or social context whatsoever - the arrival of an unwanted individual evokes the onset of a cruel drama.

Director: Juraj Nvota
Writer: Scarlett Čanakyová

Casts

	Tatiana Pauhofová as Valentína
	Ondřej Vetchý as Karel
	Milan Mikulčík as
	Anna Šišková as
	Július Satinský as
	Csongor Kassai as Lajosz
	Lukáš Latinák as
	Ady Hajdu as Gabriel
	Szidi Tobias as
	Zuzana Kanócz as
	Martin Nahálka as
	František Zvarík as
	Anikó Varga as
	Lucia Klein Svoboda as
	Attila Mokos as
	Emília Došeková as
	Zuzana Haasová as
	Ján Kroner as
	Milan Ondrík as
	Klára Roštárová as
	Julius Zagon as

Crew