Marhuľový ostrov (2011)

Directed by

Peter Bebjak

Genre

drama film, romance film

Country

Slovakia

Runtime

1h 42m

Rating

2.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman returns to her childhood home in a Slovak village. She reconnects with the people and places from her past.

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What happens

Apricot Island (Slovak: Marhuľový ostrov) is a 2011 Slovak drama-romance, starring Szidi Tobias. The movie distributed by Film Europe, was directed by Peter Bebjak, while produced in common with Rastislav Šesták for their DNA Production company. At the 19th Třinecké filmové babí léto, the work won Audience Award as the Best Debut Feature Film in September 2011. The same year, the film was shortlisted for the Slovak submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but the nomination went to Gypsy. Apart from the leading role, Tobias recorded the main theme of the movie entitled "Brehy". The song composed Slavo Solovic for lyrics by Peter Lipovský. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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