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The Play

The Play

2DOR12
Director:Alejandro Fernández Almendras
Cast:Jiří Mádl, Elizaveta Maximová, Marika Šoposká, Jiří Štrébl
Premiere:31. October 2019
Length:93 minutes
Genre:Drama

Director: Alejandro Fernández Almendras  •  Cast: Jiří Mádl, Elizaveta Maximová, Marika Šoposká, Jiří Štrébl, Sarah Haváčová, Ondřej Malý, Jana Zenáhlíková, Adam Vacula, Danica Jurčová

The world of a young theatre director in a small Czech town crumbles after he decides to realize his dream of adapting an overly ambitious play based on Euripides' classic 'Fedra'. He loses his two main actors during rehearsals and the municipality threatens to cut funding due to the play's political content. Petr falls for young actress Karolina, playing the lead. Tensions at his home grow: he's not much of a present husband and a father. Shortly before the premiere both women leave him. His wife's had enough and Karolina simply disappears. Petr attempts to save his masterpiece, but the play is a fiasco. Devastated, he tries to regain last pieces left of his life. But is it far too late?

Length: 93 min

Year: 2019
Local premiere date: 31. October 2019

Country of origin:

  • Czech Republic

Director: Alejandro Fernández Almendras  •  Cast: Jiří Mádl, Elizaveta Maximová, Marika Šoposká, Jiří Štrébl, Sarah Haváčová, Ondřej Malý, Jana Zenáhlíková, Adam Vacula, Danica Jurčová

The world of a young theatre director in a small Czech town crumbles after he decides to realize his dream of adapting an overly ambitious play based on Euripides' classic 'Fedra'. He loses his two main actors during rehearsals and the municipality threatens to cut funding due to the play's political content. Petr falls for young actress Karolina, playing the lead. Tensions at his home grow: he's not much of a present husband and a father. Shortly before the premiere both women leave him. His wife's had enough and Karolina simply disappears. Petr attempts to save his masterpiece, but the play is a fiasco. Devastated, he tries to regain last pieces left of his life. But is it far too late?

Year: 2019
Local premiere date: 31. October 2019

Country of origin:

  • Czech Republic