Transference

Zuzana Piussi / Slovakia, Czech Republic / 2014 / World Premiere / 57 min.

synopsis

Set against the backdrop of the death of an abused child, the film sketches a dark picture of the state social care system for threatened children in Slovakia. This mosaic of interviews with people who run the system or who are enmeshed in it carries an openly critical appeal – not to aggressive parents or arrogant social workers, but to a non-functional system such as it is. In contrast to the system’s dehumanizing character, we meet Serafínka, who in her efforts to help others displays truly heroic enthusiasm. The film is characterized by the direct, non-manipulative way of filming the individual persons involved.

DETAIL:
“Despite the fact that this system doesn’t work, there are exceptions to the rule. This exception is Nurse Serafínka.”

biography

Zuzana Piussi (1971) focuses on the creation of investigative documentaries. She examines specific issues and phenomena, such as the privatization of film studios in Chalet (2009), the political scene in From Fico to Fico (2012) and Slovak nationalism in Fragile Identity (2012), presented at the Jihlava IDFF. On the other hand, Hero of Our Times (2009), also screened at Jihlava, and Grandma (2008) are intimate documentary portraits.

more about film

director:	Zuzana Piussi
cast:	Serafína Hermanová, Ivan Leitman, Mara Leitmanová, Ida Želinská, Jozef Bráblik
script:	Zuzana Piussi
photography:	Zuzana Piussi
editing:	Zuzana Piussi, Vít Janeček
sound:	Zuzana Piussi