Let There Be Light (2019)
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| Original title | Let There Be Light |
| Country of production | Slovakia , Czech Republic |
| original language | Slovak |
| Publishing year | 2019 |
| length | 99 minutes |
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| Director | Marko Škop |
| script | Marko Škop |
| production | Jan Melis , Petr Oukropec , Marko Škop, Pavel Strnad |
| camera | Jan Melis |
| cut | Frantisek Krähenbiel |
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Let There Be Light is a film drama by Marko Škop , which premiered on June 30, 2019 as part of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival and is due to be released in Slovak and Czech cinemas in autumn 2019.
action
The 40-year-old Milan Deniš has three children with his wife Zuzka and earns his living as a construction worker in Germany to support his family in Slovakia. When he is at home in Nowa Huta for Christmas, he discovers that his eldest son Adam has joined a paramilitary youth group called "The Guard", in which they are trained to "protect their family and their homeland". He also has something to do with the suicide of his apparently gay classmate Peter. However, Adam denies knowing what could have caused his friend to commit suicide.
Milan and his family are very religious. He owns a collection of rifles and submachine guns that he likes to clean, but he always makes sure that his children do not mess with them. When they visit Milan's father after Sunday mass, the latter explains that he thinks that the rule of the fascist Slovak state during World War II was the only time that their country was doing well. He explains to his son that he is too soft as a father.
When Milan visits Peter's parents, he learns that the boy told them he was raped on the day he committed suicide. Not knowing exactly what his son has to do with the matter, he turns to a young priest, only to find that the Church approves of the actions of "The Guard" even more than those of the local police.
production
The director was Marko Škop , who also wrote the script. The reason why Let There Be Light has become completely different and perhaps more topical than his previous film Eva Nová lies in the extreme polarization of modern society, according to Škop, a development that he not only took place in Eastern Europe but also in Europe in general the whole world sees. The film addresses topics that were not on the agenda ten years ago. Hate speech used to take place behind closed doors, but now people like Donald Trump can speak freely about what they have against certain people. But the core of the story is the father-son relationship , according to Škop, in which Milan tries to reverse the educational discourse he has experienced himself. The upbringing of our parents, grandparents and great-grandparents was mostly a very cold one, which Michael Haneke showed very nicely in his film Happy End . The Milan generation tries to change that, but the father in his film doesn't do it right.
The film premiered on June 30, 2019 as part of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival , where it was screened in the main competition. A first trailer was released shortly before the premiere. It was released in Slovak cinemas on September 26, 2019 under the title Nech je svetlo and in Czech cinemas on October 10, 2019 under the title Budiz svetlo . In November 2019 it was shown at the Cottbus Film Festival in the Youth Film competition in the U18 section. In January 2020 there was a screening at the Palm Springs International Film Festival .
Awards
Let There Be Light was submitted by Slovakia as an entry for the 2020 Academy Awards in the Best International Film category , but was not shortlisted. In addition, Let There Be Light was shortlisted for the European Film Award 2020 . Further awards and nominations follow:
Batumi International Arthouse Film Festival 2019
- Awarded the Grand Prix ( Marko Škop )
- Award for Best Youth Film (Marko Škop)
International Film Festival Karlovy Vary 2019
- Nomination for the crystal globe (Marko Škop)
- Award as Best Actor ( Milan Ondrik )
- Special Mention by the Ecumenical Jury (Marko Škop)
Web links
- Let There Be Light in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Let There Be Light in the program of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
- Let there be light in the program of the Cottbus Film Festival
Individual evidence
- ↑ Vladan Petkovic: Review: Let There Be Light. In: cineuropa.org. July 2, 2019, accessed on July 26, 2019 .
- ↑ PRODUCTION: Marko Skop in Post-production with Let There Be Light. In: filmneweurope.com. November 5, 2018, accessed July 26, 2019 .
- ↑ Martin Kudláč: Marko Škop • Director of Let There Be Light. In: cineuropa.org. July 1, 2019, accessed on July 26, 2019 .
- ↑ Marko Škop: Let There Be Light - Trailer. In: cineuropa.org, July 26, 2019. (Video)
- ^ Section U18. In: filmfestivalcottbus.de. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
- ^ Program booklet of the Palm Springs International Film Festival 2020. In: psfilmfest.org. Retrieved January 3, 2020 (PDF; 331 KB)
- ↑ EFA 2020 | EFA Feature Film Selection | Part 1 . In: europeanfilmawards.eu, August 18, 2020.
- ↑ http://www.biaff.org/news/?eId=141#news-141
- ↑ Marta Balaga: Cottbus bets on the Sister act. In: cineuropa.org, November 12, 2019.
- ↑ Andreas Wiseman: Karlovy Vary Winners: Bulgarian Pic 'The Father' & German Drama 'Lara' Win Main Prizes. In: deadline.com, July 6, 2019.