Varga

director: Sona Maletz

original title: Varga

year: 2017

running time: 52 min.

synopsis

A film portrait of a legend of the Czechoslovak music scene takes a look at rock keyboardist Marián Varga (1947–2017) near the end of his life when he was diagnosed with a terminal illness. She filmed this hugely introverted chain smoker during his last performances as he slowly began to lose his breath.

biography

Soňa Maletzová studies in the Department of Documentary Film at FAMU. She’s a passionate photographer. She completed a one-year photography internship at the Institute of Photography at Falmouth University in Great Britain.

more about film

director:	Sona Maletz
producer:	Ivan Ostrochovský, Albert Malinovský, Ondřej Šejnoha
script:	Sona Maletz, Vladimír Nosáľ
photography:	Soňa Maletz, Maxim Kľujev
editing:	Marek Šulík
sound:	Michaela Patríková, Vladimír Nosáľ

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