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Broken Voices (2025)

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Original title
Sbormistr
Directed by
Ondřej Provazník
Genre
drama film
Country
Slovakia, Czech Republic
Runtime
1h 46m
Rated
12+
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 22 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A twelve-year-old girl joins a prestigious girls' choir. Her life changes under the strict and demanding choirmaster.

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What happens

Broken Voices (Czech: Sbormistr) is a 2025 thriller drama film written and directed by Ondřej Provazník. The primary impulse for the creation of the film was the sexual abuse scandal in the Bambini di Praga case. The filmmakers state that the story is not a reconstruction of specific events, but rather a loose interpretation of them within a feature film The film follows a twelve-year-old singer Karolína, who joins her sister in a prestigious girls' choir, where the strict guidance of demanding choirmaster Mácha begins to shape her aspirations. The film, a Czech Republic and Slovak Republic co-production, premiered at 59th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival on 6 July 2025, where it was nominated for the Crystal Globe. The film was critically appreciated, and won Europa Cinemas Label Award as well as a Special Jury Mention for Kateřina Falbrová, for her performance as protagonist Karolína. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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