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Vierka, Or the Mystery of Family B's Disappearance
  • Director
    Míra Janek
  • Original idea
    Míra Janek
  • Producer
    Richard Němec
  • Production company
    VERBASCUM IMAGO ...
  • Director of photography
    Míra Janek
  • Editor
    Tonička Janková
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Vierka, Or the Mystery of Family B's Disappearance

Vierka, Czech Republic, 2005, 76 min, DV, Creative, IDF Video Library
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This documentary started out as a portrait of a young talented Roma singer but turned into a drama about two different views of "the truth". Coincidence is instrumental at the beginning of the film and the end is shrouded in mystery. Initially, the story describes the encounter between singer Ida Kelarová and a young Roma girl named Vierka Berkyová from Lucenec, Slovakia whose musical talent astonishes everyone who hears her sing. It focuses on her talent and spontaneity, but also deals with the notion of helping those around us. It presents a new step forward in the life of the Berky family, and investigates the idea of mutual coexistence as it explores the desire to create an idyll in which the two families share a home. One day the Berkys suddenly leave Kelarová's home, mysteriously disappearing without a trace. For director and cameraman Miroslav Janek, the documentary thus transformed into a drama pitting against each other two versions of the truth - each one keenly and passionately experienced. It becomes the means of uncovering the hidden, in part unacknowledged, forces that determine one's ideas about the meaning of life and its fulfillment. The viewer never actually finds out the real reasons for this dramatic turn of events and must be satisfied to merely approach the truth of the mystery.
Director:
Míra Janek
Producer:
Richard Němec
Dramaturgy:
Ondřej Šrámek
Executive producer:
Richard Němec, Alexej Guha
Original idea:
Míra Janek
Screenplay:
Míra Janek
Director of photography:
Míra Janek
Editor:
Tonička Janková
Sound:
Daniel Němec, Michael Míček, Štěpán Mamula, Štěpán Müller
Languages:
Czech
Subtitles:
English
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VERBASCUM IMAGO Černá 6
110 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic
Phone:
+420 224 930 077
Fax:
+420 224 930 384
WWW:
www.verbascum.cz
Email:
verbascum@email.cz
Czech TV Kavčí hory
140 70 Prague 4, Czech Republic
Phone:
+420 261 131 111
WWW:
www.ceskatelevize.cz
Email:
info@ceskatelevize.cz
VERBASCUM IMAGO Černá 6
110 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic
Phone:
+420 224 930 077
Fax:
+420 224 930 384
WWW:
www.verbascum.cz
Email:
verbascum@email.cz
Czech TV Kavčí hory
140 70 Prague 4, Czech Republic
Phone:
+420 261 131 111
WWW:
www.ceskatelevize.cz
Email:
info@ceskatelevize.cz
East European Stand at Sunny Side of the Doc East Silver 2005East Silver Caravan
Czech Joy Best Czech Documentary - 2005 IDFF Jihlava
Jeden svět (One World) 2006 – 8th International Festival of Documentary Films on Human Rights, Prague 2006
Trilobit Beroun 2005
- financial contribution: State Fund for the Support and Development of Czech Cinematography (2002)

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