THE BALLAD OF PIARGY

Slovakia

2022, 1h 40m, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Macedonia
Director: Ivo Trajkov
Cast: Judit Bárdos, Attila Mokoš, Daniel Fischer, Jana Kvantiková, Lucia Siposová, Lucia Klein Svoboda
Genre: Drama, History

A story of a young woman, Juliša, who marries the son of the richest landowner in the village but does not resist her father-in-law’s violent seduction and inadvertently finds herself in the middle of a rough love triangle. Piargy is a symbol of modern Sodom and Gomorrah, a mirror of the distorted morals of the society. At the same time, it is a naturalistic metaphor for the subordinate position of women in the patriarchal society.

All films at CEFF are presented in their original language with English subtitles.

In-Cinema: Saturday, November 4 at 7:00 PM (Globe Cinema 2)