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The Other One

Special Screenings 2024 / Ta druhá / Czech Republic, Slovak Republic 2024

Synopsis

In her feature-length debut, Marie-Magdalena Kochová uses the character of eighteen-year-old Johana to explore the phenomenon of “glass children” – children who, because they have a sibling with special-needs, are neglected by their family, however unintentionally. They often feel invisible, their problems are always considered less important, and they are often expected to help take care of their brother or sister with disability. Johana is about to graduate from high school, and so she must decide whether to leave home to study, or stay and help her parents. An immensely sensitive account of the nature of sibling love which, for once, puts “the other one” first.

Anna Kořínek

About the film

85 min / Color, DCP
World premiere
Director Marie-Magdalena Kochová / Screenplay Marie-Magdalena Kochová / Dir. of Photography Kristina Kůlová, Ludvík Otevřel, Marie-Magdalena Kochová / Music Pjoni / Sound Alexandra Strapková / Editor Simona Donovalová / Producer Vít Poláček, Barbora Drtílková, Aleš Hudský, Petr Kubica / Production m3 films s.r.o. / Coproduction guča films, Česká televize, FAMU / Contact m3 films

About the director

Marie-Magdalena Kochová (1994, Czech Republic). Selected filmography: A Stack 1 (Stavědlo 1., 2017, short doc.), Will the World Remember Your Name? (Bude si svět pamatovat tvoje jméno?, 2017, short doc.), OK2PAY (2019, short doc.), Shells (Schránky, 2022, short), 3 MWh (2024, short), The Other One (Ta druhá, 2024, doc.).