Nina

Nina

Genre

Drama

Director

Juraj Lehotský

Run time

1h 22min

Cast

Bibiana Novakova, Robert Roth, Petra Fornayova

Nina is 12. Her parents are getting a divorce and her world is falling apart before her eyes. Her mom and dad say they are only doing what is best for her, but in fact, they act as though they only cared for themselves. Nina doesn’t understand them. She feels abandoned and deceived – it’s like there is nothing left in the world that she could believe in. Her only security in life is competitive swimming. At the pool she finds calm and support and everything she lacks at home. When it looks like she won’t be able to attend a swimming competition, she makes a radical move.

„Pairing once again with co-writer Marek Lešcák, Lehotsky uses his sensibility as a documentarian to provide an intimate and touching journey of a family torn apart by resentment. First-timer Bibiana Nováková displays a wonderfully bewitching naturalism, bringing „Nina“ to life with the veiled happiness of childhood melancholy, while Petra Fornayová and Robert Roth deliver solid performances as parents caught in the turmoil of separation. From beneath its simple, linear story, „Nina“ emerges with an emotional richness that compels us all to look within and reassess our relationship with love.“ 
– Dimitri Eipides, Toronto Film Festival

Genre

Drama

Director

Juraj Lehotský

Run time

1h 22min

Cast

Bibiana Novakova, Robert Roth, Petra Fornayova

Nina is 12. Her parents are getting a divorce and her world is falling apart before her eyes. Her mom and dad say they are only doing what is best for her, but in fact, they act as though they only cared for themselves. Nina doesn’t understand them. She feels abandoned and deceived – it’s like there is nothing left in the world that she could believe in. Her only security in life is competitive swimming. At the pool she finds calm and support and everything she lacks at home. When it looks like she won’t be able to attend a swimming competition, she makes a radical move.

„Pairing once again with co-writer Marek Lešcák, Lehotsky uses his sensibility as a documentarian to provide an intimate and touching journey of a family torn apart by resentment. First-timer Bibiana Nováková displays a wonderfully bewitching naturalism, bringing „Nina“ to life with the veiled happiness of childhood melancholy, while Petra Fornayová and Robert Roth deliver solid performances as parents caught in the turmoil of separation. From beneath its simple, linear story, „Nina“ emerges with an emotional richness that compels us all to look within and reassess our relationship with love.“ 
– Dimitri Eipides, Toronto Film Festival

Info

Rating

(none)

Production year

2017

Global distributor

Alpha Violet

Local distributor

Pimedate Ööde Filmifestival MTÜ

In cinema

11/19/2017