(Slovakia, 106 min.)
Written and directed by Marko Škop
Starring: Emília Vášáryová, Milan Ondrik, Anikó Vargová
Programme: Discovery (World Premiere)
The winner of the FIPRESCI prize from this year’s robust
Discovery programme at the Toronto International Film Festival is the Slovak
drama Eva Nová. Eva Nová is a sobering
character study. The film offers a portrait of the toll that alcoholism wreaks on families as Eva Nová (Emília Vášáryová)
tries to quit the bottle and sees with fresh eyes how her years of heavy drinking
devastated her family. Eva Nová
sounds like tough stuff—and rest assured that it is—yet newcomer
writer/director Marko Škop laudably handles complex subject matter with
sensitivity and restraint. This film and its director are going places.