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Father

feature film

A story about a man who has everything – a loving wife, a daughter, a company… Until one hot summer day when everything changes. Hours after dropping off his infant daughter at the nursery, his wife calls in a panic, saying their child is missing. The man rushes to his car, only to find his daughter locked in the backseat, lifeless. He collapses to the ground, losing his sense of space and time. He remembers dropping her off! How could this have happened? Later, he discovers that he had suffered from ‘Forgotten Baby Syndrome,’ a memory failure with fatal consequences, which has caused hundreds of similar tragedies around the world. However, the court finds him guilty and gives him to a suspended sentence for manslaughter. But how can he carry on? His wife refuses any explanation. Her daughter is dead. There is nothing more to say. She breaks up with him. His company falls apart. His closest friends call him a murderer. He continues to exist but feels dead… Things take a turn when his wife returns. She wants a new life, a new child with him. Together, they slowly begin to recover. Only until one early winter morning…

year

in postproduction

director

Tereza Nvotová

screenplay

Tereza Nvotová
Dušan Budzak

countries

SK, CZ, PL

A story about a man who has everything – a loving wife, a daughter, a company… Until one hot summer day when everything changes. Hours after dropping off his infant daughter at the nursery, his wife calls in a panic, saying their child is missing. The man rushes to his car, only to find his daughter locked in the backseat, lifeless. He collapses to the ground, losing his sense of space and time. He remembers dropping her off! How could this have happened? Later, he discovers that he had suffered from ‘Forgotten Baby Syndrome,’ a memory failure with fatal consequences, which has caused hundreds of similar tragedies around the world. However, the court finds him guilty and gives him to a suspended sentence for manslaughter. But how can he carry on? His wife refuses any explanation. Her daughter is dead. There is nothing more to say. She breaks up with him. His company falls apart. His closest friends call him a murderer. He continues to exist but feels dead… Things take a turn when his wife returns. She wants a new life, a new child with him. Together, they slowly begin to recover. Only until one early winter morning…

cast

Michal Milan Ondrík
Zuzana Dominika Morávková
Eva Anna Geislerová

crew

producers Veronika Paštéková
Anton Škreko
Karel Chvojka
Miloš Lochman
Mariusz Włodarski
Marta Gmosińska
production companies Danae Production
moloko film
Lava Films
director of photography Adam Suzin
editor Nikodem Chabior
music Pjoni