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Once I Got in, It Was Hard to Get Out
0.0 / 10• 2024• 29m•NR• Slovak
DocumentaryDrama
Storyline
Ida is cleaning out the house that her grandfather, an artist, used to live in. She wades through a studio overflowing with artefacts, oddities and lost history. Similarly to S P A C E S, Štrbová treats the theme of memory and loss, combining fiction and documentary, letting the images of nostalgic childhood and the suffocating past flow associatively. To the sound of Francesco Geminiani's Concerto grosso no. 12, subtitled Madness, the fragile physicality of both dead and living relics stands out. The head of a dead parrot, a cast of her grandmother's breasts or a moss-covered real estate agent represent the discoveries of a personal archaeological site and exhibits of an introspective museum of family history.
Cast & Crew
Juliána Brutovská
Ida
Lead
Michael Vrzala
Ištván
KŠ
Klára Ščevíková
Holčička
What People Are Saying
0.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Nora Štrbová's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Once I Got in, It Was Hard to Get Out is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
