28th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

25. 10.–3. 11. 2024
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Cheating is good for you
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Cheating is good for you
Cheating is good for you

Cheating is good for you

Catarina Diehl / Finland / 2021 / World Premiere / 10 min.


synopsis

This intimate film combining photography and animated drawing puts on screen the confessions of a middle-class woman, whose family life – with the always absent truck driver husband and children growing more and more distant – consists of moments of solitude and attempts to overcome them via an extramarital affair. The leading role is played by the famous Finnish actress Kati Outinen. 

"A wife who has cheated on her husband for 40 years reflects on her behaviour and the benefits she has reaped."

biography

Catarina Diehl (1979) is a Finnish screenwriter, animator and director, a theatre artist and a visual artist. Her films combine documentary style and animation. Her debut – Confessions of an Angry Mother (2018) – was screened at several prestigious film festivals.

more about film

director: Catarina Diehl
cast: Kati Outinen
producer: Tommi Seitajoki
script: Catarina Diehl
photography: Tommi Seitajoki
editing: Catarina Diehl, Tommi Seitajoki
sound: Tommi Seitajoki

Film at festival

premiere type:World Premiere
festival edition:2021
section:Short Joy
language:Finnish
subtitles:English
colour:Colour and B&W

Info

director:Catarina Diehl
original title:Pettäminen tekee hyvää vaan
country:Finland
year:2021
running time:10 min.

Section


Festival partners

Ministerstvo kultury
Fond kinematografie
Město Jihlava
Kraj Vysočina
Creative Europe Media
GEMO
Česká televize
Český rozhlas
Aktuálně.cz
Respekt
Dafilms

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