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Nightsiren

feature film
Detail

In a remote mountain village, two sisters grow up at the mercy of their abusive mother. A terrible accident happens when the eldest, Šarlota, escapes into the woods, followed by her sister Tamara. Otyla, a Roma woman living on the outskirts of town, is blamed for the girls’ disappearance and accused of witchcraft. Twenty years later, Šarlota unexpectedly shows up in the village. As she digs into her past, the locals grow suspicious. Only a young and eccentric herbalist, Mira, is willing to befriend her. When the animals in the village start to fall ill, the locals accuse Šarlota of conjuring Otyla’s spirit.

year

2022

director

Tereza Nvotová

screenplay

Barbora Námerová,
Tereza Nvotová

countries

SK, CZ

In a remote mountain village, two sisters grow up at the mercy of their abusive mother. A terrible accident happens when the eldest, Šarlota, escapes into the woods, followed by her sister Tamara. Otyla, a Roma woman living on the outskirts of town, is blamed for the girls’ disappearance and accused of witchcraft. Twenty years later, Šarlota unexpectedly shows up in the village. As she digs into her past, the locals grow suspicious. Only a young and eccentric herbalist, Mira, is willing to befriend her. When the animals in the village start to fall ill, the locals accuse Šarlota of conjuring Otyla’s spirit.

cast

Šarlota Natália Germáni
Mira Eva Mores
Helena Juliána Oľhová
Otyla Iva Bittová
Anna Jana Oľhová
Tomáš Marek Geišberg

crew

producer Miloš Lochman
production companies BFILM
moloko film
co-producer RTVS
sales Intramovies
director of photography Federico Cesca
editor Pavel Hrdlička
Thibault Hague
sound Marek Hart
Michaela Patríková
Ivan Horák
music Pjoni