Spanish Inopia Films features “Victim” Michel Blachko

Spain’s Inopia Films has hosted Michal Blaško’s “The Victim,” a Slovakian Oscar-nominated screening heading into the Cairo Film Festival after previous showings in Venice and Toronto. Sales are managed by Berlin-based Pluto Film.

The film has already received theatrical distribution in the co-production regions, the Czech and Slovak Republic (Ponton) and Germany (Rapid Eye Films).

“We are currently focused on campaigning for the Oscars while securing theatrical distribution in the US,” says Benjamin Cole, managing director of Pluto. diverse. Other large areas are under negotiation.

Blashko’s debut shows a single mother from Ukraine, Irina (Vita Smashlyuk), living in a Czech town with her son (Gleb Kuchuk). When he gets hurt, I decide to talk. Many soon accuse their Roma neighbors of being responsible for the attack. But there is more to the story.

“The Victim” (Courtesy of Adam Mach)

“Victim” wouldn’t mark the end of the collaboration between expert and Bratislava-born screenwriter Jakub Medveko, with the duo already developing “Cowgirl,” set in Slovakia’s Orava region.

Keeping in mind the dirty secrets of the agrarian mafia, the film will be shot in 2024, with Jacob Victorin (Nutprodukcia) returning to the plate after The Victim, which he produced with Pavla Janushkova Kupkova, co-founder of her sister company Nutprodukce.

“It’s a coming-of-age drama about a teenage girl who discovers that her father and the perfect world around her are different than she first thought,” says Medviko.

“She has to decide whether or not to rebel against all these old structures.”

“In Slovakia, there were many such cases: people bullied farmers and received money from the European Union, claiming that it was their land. This has been going on for a long time, politicians have put up with it and it only changed a couple of years ago, ”adds Blaschko.

But he says the story will be more personal than political. Focusing on the young protagonist, you suddenly notice all the suffering you previously ignored, playing with Western mythology.

“It’s funny, because the people who live there actually wear cowboy hats. It was fun for us, because it’s so different from ‘Victim.’ It has a strong female lead too, but it’s still a kid. She makes a lot of mistakes.”

They also practice “cutting,” which involves separating a horse, rider, and one cow from the herd.

“All of these ideas come directly from my family: we actually have these traditions. However, we don’t want the West to ‘shout out.’ We want that really down-to-earth feeling,” says Medviko.

“Victim” is also based on true stories.

We’ve seen how similar cases can be used by politicians or dissected on social media at a later date. After that, people couldn’t protect themselves anymore. We follow Irina, and we understand the reason for her frustration. And when she finally learns the truth, we understand why she can’t come back,” Blaschko notes.

Medvecký adds: “In the beginning, these characters were supposed to be Czech. But Tomasz escaped [of Nutprodukce] It made us rethink that, which ultimately created this bizarre situation where one minority claims to have been harmed by another, and the Czech majority is there to judge.”

Blaško will also write and direct Nutprodukcia’s upcoming project “Guilt” about another immigrant family. This time, they are forced to reconsider their future over the course of a one-night stand after a boy confesses to his parents that he and his friends have abused someone.

“Just like in ‘Victim,’ the main characters are immigrants living in a foreign country. The situation they find themselves in is therefore very special. It threatens to cause consequences that would not arise in any other circumstances.”

“It is a character study that forces the audience to identify their side. It leads them to the conclusion that determining one’s guilt, and coming up with an appropriate punishment, is no easy feat.”



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