A detective story inspired by real events. The body of a woman was found floating in the sea – appearances suggested it could have been that of a sixteen-year-old girl. However, police later identified the woman as Anneka Di Lorenzo, 58-year-old actress and model for Penthouse magazine during the 1970s. But the mystery was only just beginning...
A film that unfolds over the course of one night. Erna, a 1970s porn actress, appears in the present and is then found dead in the swimming pool of a posh villa owned by Otta and his wife Alice. The story draws the viewer into a carousel of events, mysteries and the interrogations of several suspects led by offbeat investigator Gréta. The video works with the language of TV series and crime stories, at the same time subversively distorting it through formal improprieties, time-frame inconsistencies and other "errors.” The film develops the author’s previous work, which oscillates between reality and fiction, TV shows and thrillers.
32 min / Color, DIGIBETA
Director Adéla Babanová
/ Screenplay Džian Baban, Vojtěch Mašek
/ Dir. of Photography Braňo Pažitka, Martin Ježek
/ Music Džian Baban
/ Editor Hedvika Hansalová
/ Producer Tomáš Vach, Adéla Babanová
/ Cast Iveta Jiříčková, Gabriela Míčová, Marie Spurná, Tomáš Petřík, Karel Heřmánek
/ Contact Jiří Švestka Gallery Prague
Adéla Babanová (b. 1980, Prague) attended Prague’s Academy of Art (2006), where she studied new media, and graphic and conceptual art. She won the LVMH Award (2008), was a finalist for the 333 Award (2011) presented by the National Gallery, and was also a finalist for the Jindřich Chalupecký Award (2012). She is interested in the fictional stories of real and imaginary people in the art world. She creates audiovisual installations and feature videos, and writes radio plays.
Jiří Švestka Gallery Prague
Biskupský dvůr 6, 11000, Praha 1
Czech Republic
Phone: +420 222 311 092
E-mail: [email protected]
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