‘Broken voices’ is inspired by a Girls’ choir Sexual abuse scandal long before #metoo

“An Exclusive World, in Whosh Desirable Prestige Goes Hand in Hand with Premature Coming of Age.” That is how the Website of the 59th Edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Kvifif) Summarizes Some of the Conflicting Factors that Lead to, and Enable, the Traumatic Broken voices (Sbormistr), The New Film from Czech Writer and Director Ondřej Provazník (OLD-TIMers, A Town Called Hermitage) that World Premieres in the Fest’s Main Crystal Globe Competition on Sunday, July 6.

The Cast of the Czech-Slovak Co-Production Includes Juraj Loj (Agnieska Holland’s Charlatan) and Annesemble of MOSTLY NON-PROFESSIONAL ACTORS, LED By Kateřina Falbrová. Other Cast Members Include Maya Kintera, Zuzana Šulajová, Marek Cisovský, Ivana Wojtylová and Barrandov Studio.

“IT’s The Early 1990s, and 13-YEAR-ELD Karolína, A Gifed Novice Singer, Is Given The CHANCE TO BECOME A MEMBER OF “Karolína’s Exceptional Talent Has CAUGHT The Attention of the Formidable and Much-ADMIRED CHOIIASTER.”

Even ahead of Its World Premiere, The Drama, Whose Czech Release Via Cinemart Is Set for July 10 and for Whosha Salaud Morissetis is Handling World Sales, Has Been Highly Anticipated. Attention and Magazine Covers. The Reason: It Calls to Mind “The Notorious Case of Bambini Di Praga, But Also Other Devastating Sityuations Involving the Clash of Innocence and Abusion Authority,”

The Famous Bambini Di Praga Girls’ Choir Was A Household Name in the Country and Was for Many Years Led By Bohumil Kulínský Jr., Whoto Over From His Father. In 2004, Kulínský Jr. Was Arrested and Charged with Various acts of sexual abuse of minors, with a tally of 49 victims Between 1984 and 2004 and 2004. in 2008, he was sented to lf. To Five and a Half Years in Prison, A Sennce that hested serving in January 2009. In June 2011, Shortly After Kulínský’s Conditional Release from Prison, Bambini Di Praza Was. Kulínský Died in September 2018.

SO MUCH OF THAT HAPPENED WELL BEFORE The HASHTAG #METOOO Started Coming Into Broader Public View in 2017. “WHEN #METOOO STARTED, IT CAME BACK TO ME, An I SAID THISTHING SOMETING VERY. Think That’s Material in this for a Movie, ”Provazník Recalls to Thr. “SO, I Started Doing Lots of Research and Interviews with Former Choir Girls, Watching Things Etc, and I Started to Work on the Script.”

Provazník Approaches of the Dificult Themes and Topics Raceded in the Film “Without Sensationalism,” as the Kviff Website Highlights, and with Much Sensitivity Feel Safe and Flourish. “I HAD to CHANGE A LOT OF THINGS DURING TO MAKE IT SAFE FOR THEM. We Were Really Focussing on the Safety and Environment for All The Actresses and For All The Parent WAS ABOUT, ”The Writer-Director Recalls. “We Knew i had to do it all in such a Way that it would not traumatize Our 13-YEAR-ELD LEAD ACTRESS and the OTHERS.”

In a Lot of Scenes, Power Imbalances, Competitive Spirits, Jealoousy and More are Hinted at Through Camera Work, Framing, Looks, Gestures and Movements. “I Really Like to Tell Stories Gently and to Only Give the Audence Hints or Some Signs, Because It Provokes the Imagination and Thinking,“ Explans the Director. “SO, My AIM FROM The BEGINNING WAS to DO THAT AND TO Tell a Story that Even A Broader Audence Can Understand.”

This was was more than a storytelling style choice, thorough. “I Think That’s Somehow Imprinted In All TheSe Scandals and Cases WHEN WHO OUT LATER, 15, 20 YEARS After. There’s Always Some Kind of Mystery Hidden in It. Provazník. “MOST ALWAYS ONLY KNOWD AFFORMATION. People Guess Some.

In the Bambini di Praga Scandal, for Example, Some Girls and Parents Sided with The Choirmaster and Praized Him.

The Filmmaker Originally Wanted to Write the Script from the Point of View the Older Sister. “It Just Didn’t Work, and I DIDNN’T KNOW WHY, BECAUSE I TONOUGHT THERE WAS INTERESTING DRAMA IN HER, BECAUSE she have a mix of jealousy, But also wanth. Prestigious Club.

Not that Two Sisters’ Perspectives Aren’t Both Being Explored. “I KNEW EXACTLY at Every Point What the Older Sister Knows, or What Happy To Her, And I Somehow Tried To Secretly Imprint That in The Film,“ Provazník Reveals. “SO THERE ARE SOME HINTS ABOUT WHAT HAS HAS HAPPENED OR HAPPENS TO THE OLDER SISTER.”

Through the Sister and Other Characters, The Movie Also Explores How Various People Sustain or Enable A Toxic System. “That’s a very Important part of the story, Because WHEN YOU ARE A TEENGER, YOU JUST DON’T KNEW The CONSEQUENCES. EVEN as An Adult, something you don. Provazník. “Of Course, The Main Villain Is Obvioses. But I Wanted to Portray this Environment in All Itl ITS COMPLEXIT AND NOT SIMPLE BLACK-AMITE MORals. The Main Villain Is Clear, But The Task Fork. TRUTH, Some Deeper Truth. ”

Audiens Won’t Guess that Broken voices LEAD ACTRESS Kateřina Falbrová doesn’t have an acating background. The Director Picked A Singer by Design. “She was totally a non-actor. It was the system I wanted to use from the beginning,“ Says provazník. “I Want to Play The Real Music and Songs. My Audience Experience with Many Films with Choirs orChestras is that what kind of the Music Starts, Meaning The Da. Wanted All The Music Scenes in the Film to Be Live and Without Playback. ”

After Six to Seven Years of Work on Broken voicesProvazník Says, “It’s Very Exhausting But Very Satisfying at the Same Time to Make This Film.” WHAT IS NEXT FOR HIM? “Recently, I Started to Write A New Story,“ He Says. “IT’s About A University Professor Who Goes to The Alps With 10 of His Students for And Anthopology Seminar, and They Following the Traces of the ötzi,“ SomeTimes ALSOMAN CALLEDS Discovered at the Austrian-Rate Border in 1991. The man is estimated to have Lived Between 3350 and 3105 BC. “It is the Oldst Detective Story As nobody Knows Who Killed Him. And SO there is the arse parallels Between this 5,000-YEAR-OLD Murder and The Professor Who’s Who. Mountains. ”