Lea (film)
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| Lea | |
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| Directed by | Ivan Fila |
| Produced by | Ivan Fila Eliska Sekavova Herbert Rimbach |
| Starring | Lenka Vlasakova Christian Redl Hanna Schygulla Miroslav Donutil |
| Music by | Petr Hapka |
Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | Czech Republic/France/Germany |
Lea is a Czech drama film. It was released in 1997.
Plot
Lea witnesses her mother's rape and murder by her father as a child and because of it speaks very little and writes poems to her mother. Lea then grows up with foster parents in a different part of Slovakia. Strehlow buys Lea, now aged 21, from her foster father and imprisons her in a castle in Germany, using the same tools Lea's father used to control Lea as a child and to kill Lea's mother. As Strehlow learns more of Lea's past, he permits her to continue writing to her mother. Lea dies of a stroke within a year of living with Strehlow.
Cast
- Lenka Vlasakova.... as Lea
- Christian Redl.... as Strehlow
- Hanna Schygulla.... as Wanda
- Miroslav Donutil.... as Gregor Palty
- Udo Kier.... as Block
- Gerd Lohmeyer.... as Postmaster
- Tereza Vetrovska.... as Young Lea
Awards
- 1997 Angers European First Film Festival
- Won Audience Award for Feature Film (tied with Some Mother's Son)
- Won C.I.C.A.E award
- Won Telcipro award (tied with Pretty Village, Pretty Flame)
- 1997 Brussels International Film Festival
- Won Audience Award
- Won Crystal Star Award for Best European Feature
- Cinequest San Jose Film Festival
- Won Best Feature Award
- Nominated for Maverick Spirit Award
- 1998 Czech Lions
- Won Best Actress Award going to Lenka Vlasáková
- Won Best Cinematography going to Vladimír Smutný
- Nominated for Best Design Achievement going to Petr Kunc and Ludvík Široký
- Nominated for Best Director going to Ivan Fila
- Nominated for Best Editing going to Ivana Davidová
- Nominated for Best Film
- Nominated for Best Screenplay going to Ivan Fila
- Nominated for Best Sound going to Marcel Spisak and Max Rammier-Rogall
- 1996 European Film Awards
- Nominated European Film Award for Best Young Film
- 1997 German Film Awards
- Nominated Gold Film Award for Outstanding Feature Film
- 1998 USA Golden Globe
- Nominated Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film
- 1997 London Film Festival
- Won Satyajit Ray Award
- 1997 Max Ophüls Festival
- Won Audience Award
- 1997 Sochi International Film Festival
- Won FIPRESCI Prize
- Nominated Bronze Horse Award
- 1997 Venice Film Festival
- Won OCIC Award in Honorable Mention
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