Directed by:
Agnieszka HollandScreenplay:
Agnieszka HollandPlots(1)
Agnieszka Holland's graduation film that she made at FAMU in Prague. It is a black-and-white poetic treatise on the hard lot of women, inspired by Isaak Babel's short story The Sin of Jesus. The story of the encounter of pregnant hotel maid Arina with God and his angels is clearly inspired by the influence of Czechoslovak New Wave, especially by the style of Jan Němec's films. Using words sparingly, and with a number of original takes, the director depicts total hopelessness and a possible fall to the bottom where there is no chance of redemption. (Summer Film School)
(more)Cast
Jaroslava Pokorná
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Maškaráda čili Fantom Opery (2009) (theatrical recording)
Soudné sestry (2007) (theatrical recording)
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
František Kovářík
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Secluded, Near Woods (1976)
The Valley of the Bees (1967)
Ivan Pokorný
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Amadeus (1984)
Waiter, Scarper! (1980)
Joachim, Put It in the Machine (1974)
Vítězslav Jandák
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973)
Silent Pain (1990)
Signum Laudis (1980)
Jaroslav Jeroným Neduha
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Nevěsta (1970)
Kulhavý ďábel (1968)