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The teenage girls are in perfect harmony \u2013 but only when they\u2019re singing. The rest of the time, the members of this otherwise respected choir smoke cigarettes, steal each other\u2019s towels in the middle of a shower, and form cliques just like any other teenagers. Karol\u00edna, the thirteen-year-old protagonist of this Czech drama, joins a choir in her older sister Lucie’s footsteps, and suddenly she is part of a secret society teetering between childhood and adulthood.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ond\u0159ej Provazn\u00edk\u2019s sensitive and nuanced drama is heartbreakingly beautiful, as if infusing its images with the enchantment and wonder of the teenage years \u2013 the very same that is reflected in the eyes of Katerina Falbrov\u00e1, who plays Karol\u00edna. In Luk\u00e1\u0161 Milota\u2019s handheld camera images, even the backgrounds come to life.<\/span><\/p>\n

A counterpoint is found in danger: in the indeterminate debris and traces of temporary dwellings in the nearby forest and in V\u00edtek (Juraj Loj), the choir leader, who keeps the teenagers constantly competing for both his attention and the coveted spots on the US tour. The adult man goes to the sauna with the choir members and pours Karol\u00edna a sip of wine from his bottle. It is the 1980s, and nobody finds it strange.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the distant background of the film lies the true story about a girls\u2019 choir in Prague whose director was sentenced to prison in the 2000s for sexual abuse. Provazn\u00edk, however, does not lean on indignation but on the coming-of-age story of a pre-teen, during which a sense of sadness settles into her wondering eyes.<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span> Prague-born<\/span> OND\u0158EJ PROVAZN\u00cdK <\/b>(b. 1978) studied journalism at university and screenwriting at film school. Before embarking on his film career, he worked in the culture section of the daily newspaper <\/span>Lidov\u00e9 noviny<\/span><\/i> and as a director on the current affairs TV programme <\/span>Kosmopolis<\/span><\/i>. Since then, Provazn\u00edk has made television programmes, documentaries and fiction films, often in collaboration with Martin Du\u0161ek. <\/span>Broken Voices <\/span><\/i>is Provazn\u00edk\u2019s first feature-length drama, for which he is solely responsible for both the screenplay and the direction. The film won the FIPRESCI Prize, awarded by the International Federation of Film Critics, at the Troms\u00f8 Film Festival.<\/span><\/p>\n

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