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Perla

Alexandra Makarová
Thu 10 Jul - Tue 15 Jul
  • Content rating: Watch out with children under 16
  • Content rating: Violence
  • Content rating: Coarse Language

Perla, a gifted artist with an equally talented daughter in music, leads a comfortable life in early 1980s Vienna. Together with Julia and her new partner Josef, she is building a peaceful existence and appears to be leaving behind the traumas of her childhood in communist Czechoslovakia.

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De sterke film ‘Perla’ maakt de geschiedenis van communistisch Tsjechoslowakije voelbaar

- De Volkskrant ★★★★

But when Julia’s father unexpectedly reaches out to say he is seriously ill, Perla decides to return to her homeland. What begins as a farewell turns into a confronting journey through old wounds and unresolved memories. As Perla becomes increasingly entangled in her past, her bond with her daughter begins to fray. Can she break free from what was, or will she lose herself once again?

Perla is a layered and deeply human portrait of identity, motherhood and the psychological toll of life in diaspora. Director Alexandra Makarová brings an intimate family story to life, inspired by her own roots and by resilient women navigating a patriarchal world. Through powerful performances and atmospheric visuals, she shows how the past continues to echo in the present. It is a timely story in an age where displacement and intergenerational trauma are still very much alive.

Perla
Direction
Alexandra Makarová
Cast
Noël Czuczor, Rebeka Poláková, Simon Schwarz
Duration
108 min
RELEASE
Thu 19 Jun
Year
2025
Country
Austria, Slovakia
Language
German, Slovak, Russian
Subtitles
Dutch
  • Content rating: Watch out with children under 16
  • Content rating: Violence
  • Content rating: Coarse Language

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