Official Selection - Out of Competition · 47th Edition
Only Beautiful Things to Look At
Prameň
Director
Ivan Ostrochovský
Country
Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary
Runtime
1 h 28 min
Language
Slovak, Czech, Hungarian
Premiere
Egyptian Premiere
Synopsis
In a remote hospital in 1980s Czechoslovakia, Ingrid, an elegant physician, forms an unexpected friendship with a young male orderly. As their connection deepens, this new bond threatens to disrupt the predictable routine and safe certainties of her quiet life.
Cast
Aňa Geislerová, Simona Boledovičová, Eva Mores, Vlad Ivanov, Éva Bandor
Screenplay
Marek Leščák, Ivan Ostrochovský
Producers
Punkchart films, Negativ, Proton Cinema, Slovak Television and Radio, Czech Television.
About the Director
A filmmaker whose feature documentary Velvet Terrorists (2013) premiered at the Berlinale Forum, followed by his fiction features Koza (2015) and Servants (2020). He co-wrote 107 Mothers (2021), winning Best Screenplay in Venice's Orizzonti section. His hybrid project Photophobia (2023) won the Europa Cinemas Label Award in Venice. In 2026, he presents his third fiction feature, Only Beautiful Things to Look At.
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