I, Olga Hepnarová

I, Olga Hepnarová
I, Olga Hepnarová
	Film poster
Directed by	Tomáš Weinreb; Petr Kazda;
Written by	Tomáš Weinreb; Petr Kazda;
Starring	Michalina Olszańska
Cinematography	Adam Sikora
Edited by	Vojtech Fric
Music by	Marián Varga
Distributed by	Strand Releasing; Mubi;
Release dates	11 February 2016 (Berlin); 24 March 2016 (Czech Republic);
Running time	105 minutes
Country	Czech Republic
Language	Czech
Box office	$ 227 466

I, Olga Hepnarová (Czech: Já, Olga Hepnarová) is a 2016 internationally co-produced drama film, directed by Tomáš Weinreb and Petr Kazda, about Olga Hepnarová (1951–1975). She was a Czechoslovakian mass murderer, who on 10 July 1973, killed eight people with a truck in Prague. The film was shown in the Panorama section at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival.^[2]

Cast

Michalina Olszańska as Olga Hepnarová
Ondřej Malý as Psychiatrist Spyrka
Marta Mazurek as Alena
Lukáš Bech as Prosecutor
Juraj Nvota as Advocate
Gabriela Míčová as Psychiatrist Rabska
Marika Šoposká as Jitka
Roman Zach as Psychiatrist Vaverka

Reception

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 78% based on 27 reviews, and an average rating of 6.9/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "As stark and riveting as its cinematography, 'I, Olga Hepnarová' takes a sober, haunting look at the life leading up to a woman's horrific real-life crime."^[3] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 57 out of 100, based on 10 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".^[4]

Glenn Kenny wrote review for The New York Times, "Anchored by a startling performance by Michalina Olszanska, the Czech film ‘I, Olga Hepnarova’ is an austere, hypnotic story of sadness, madness and murder." He ends his review, "Early in the movie, Ms. Olszanska, a slight, narrow-shouldered woman, plays Olga as someone trying to recede into herself, slumping and looking to the ground as she puffs on a cigarette. By the time of her trial, at which she pleads guilty and demands the death penalty, she is stiff, straight, defiant. Modern civilizations are haunted by crimes like this; ‘I, Olga Hepnarova’ persuasively suggests that the only understanding we can have of them is a terrifying one."^[5]

Writing for The Village Voice, Tanner Tafelski said "I, Olga Hepnarová is a bitter pill to swallow, focusing on the paradoxes of a misanthrope".^[6]

References

^ "I, Olga Hepnarova (2016)". Box Office Mojo.
^ "Berlinale 2016: Panorama Celebrates Teddy Award's 30th Anniversary and Announces First Titles in Programme". Berlinale. Archived from the original on 21 December 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
^ "I, Olga Hepnarová (Já, Olga Hepnarová) (2017)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
^ "I, Olga Hepnarová Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
^ Kenny, Glenn (23 March 2017). "Review: 'I, Olga Hepnarova,' Carrying Out a Vow of Vengeance". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
^ "Review: 'I, Olga Hepnarova,' I Olga Hepnarova is a sobering character study of a murderer". Village Voice. Village Voice. 22 March 2017. Retrieved 22 March 2017.

External links

I, Olga Hepnarová at IMDb

[1] "I, Olga Hepnarova (2016)". Box Office Mojo.

[Panorama1-2] "Berlinale 2016: Panorama Celebrates Teddy Award's 30th Anniversary and Announces First Titles in Programme". Berlinale. Archived from the original on 21 December 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2015.

[3] "I, Olga Hepnarová (Já, Olga Hepnarová) (2017)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 8 March 2018.

[4] "I, Olga Hepnarová Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 8 March 2018.

[5] Kenny, Glenn (23 March 2017). "Review: 'I, Olga Hepnarova,' Carrying Out a Vow of Vengeance". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 June 2018.

[6] "Review: 'I, Olga Hepnarova,' I Olga Hepnarova is a sobering character study of a murderer". Village Voice. Village Voice. 22 March 2017. Retrieved 22 March 2017.

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