Lóve
Love
Directed by:
Jakub KronerScreenplay:
Jakub KronerCinematography:
Mário OndrišComposer:
Lukáš KobelaCast:
Michal Nemtuda, Kristína Svarinská, Jakub Gogál, Dušan Cinkota, Tina, Samuel Spišák, Zuzana Porubjaková, Roman Luknár, Ľuboš Kostelný, Viktor Horján, Ady Hajdu (more)VOD (1)
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The main protagonist Maťo lives a carefree life with no rules. He and his childhood friend Tomáš steal cars for a car repair shop. Maťo’s life changes radically when he meets and falls in love with Veronika. Veronika lives the respectable life of a university student. She grew up in an orphanage and lives in a boarding house paid for by her school. She is constantly trying to contact her mother, whom she has never seen. Maťo doesn’t tell her the whole truth about himself, and would like to change his life because of her. The first conflicts
appear between Maťo and Tomáš. Maťo wants to break free from his current way of living, so he and Tomáš agree to one last score. They go to rob a gas station, but because of an unfortunate accident, Maťo becomes an accessory to murder.
(official distributor synopsis)
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Jakub Kroner knows how to pique young audiences’ interest. He knows the world they live in and can render it on the big screen in an engaging way. He knows how to make his characters relatable and show their good side even if they are outcasts. You will not find such a pure and sincere “genre” film among contemporary Czech films, which are otherwise ususally better than the Slovak ones. That is what surprised and pleased me about Love. What spoiled my impression of the film, however, was its childishness and inability to reach out to any viewers over the age of twenty. Kroner has great potential for “commercial Slovak cinema”, he may even become its king one day, but in order to be taken seriously by more experienced older viewers, he must grow up.
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I have to admit that I'm not exactly a big fan of the use of a modern camera that constantly dodges, nor am I a fan of handheld cameras, but in this case it works and enhances the individual scenes. Love has a good story and well acted characters, well within the scope of what was needed.
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