28th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

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Waiting room
Waiting room
Waiting room
Waiting room

Waiting room

director: Palo Korec
original title: Čakáreň
country: Slovakia
year: 2015
running time: 72 min.

synopsis

Waiting, as a condition in which people spend a large part of their lives, is the central theme of this narrative film. The lives of seven women of various ages, who do not know each other, intersect for a brief period of time. They are linked by one place – the waiting room at the main railway station – where each one of them, in deep contemplation, is looking for something or someone different. The slow non-dramatic narration, with stiff stylised camera movements places the viewer in the role of stalker. In this film, in which the director admittedly combines elements from both fictional film and documentary practice, he worked with non-professional actresses.

DETAIL:
“Believe it or not, for me otherness is what is real, what is normal. I love those who are different. They are my people. My life is in God’s hands. That is how I received it, just like everyone else.”

biography

In the late 1980s and early 1990s Paľo Korec was studying at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava, from where he graduated in the field of film and television directing. He alternates between creating acted films and documentaries, which is reflected in his directing approach and it is often characterised by elements from both genres. His most recent projects include Stalin’s Candles Over Prešov (2011) and Exhibits, or Stories from the Castle (2013).

more about film

director: Palo Korec
cast: Zuzana Smekalova, Monika Neksova, Barbara Slamkova, Zuzana Kmetova, Timea Husveth, Regina Husveth, Sara Miklasova, Theodor Durmik
producer: Ján Meliš
photography: Ján Meliš
editing: Peter Kordac
music: Lubica Malachovska Cekovska
sound: Jan Ravasz
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