Thu, May 09
|Toldi Cinema
HER BODY
AFTER THE FORCED END OF HER SPORTS CAREER, A SUCCESSFUL ATHLETE BECOMES A WELL-KNOWN PORN ACTRESS.
Time & Location
May 09, 2024, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Toldi Cinema, Budapest, Bajcsy-Zsilinszky út 36–38, 1054.
About The Film
Her Body | 9 May | 20:00 | Big Hall
Czechia / Slovakia, 2023, 108 mins
Drama, in Czech with English and Hungarian subtitles
18+. The film is suitable only for adults.
Her Body is inspired by a true story which took place in Prague in the 1990s. Andrea, a young, top high diver, is training for the Atlanta Olympics. Her parents and coach, but especially Andrea herself, value success and performance above everything else. However, her athletic career unexpectedly comes to an end due to an injury. Because her body is the only tool she has used for success, Andrea finds a new use for it – in the porn industry. She soon gains fame, independence, and the freedom to finally do what she wants. But in the end, she is forced to slow down. The film focuses on the question of the freedom to do what one wants with one’s own body, as well the potential limits of that freedom.
Natálie Císařovská (*1988) – director
She was born in Prague, Czech Republic. She graduated in history at the Charles University in Prague and Sorbonne in Paris. She also studied documentary film under the guidance of Helena Třeštíková at the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. Her main interests lie at the border between documentary and fiction, a border that she frequently transgresses in her work. She focuses on human stories and their peculiar poetic microworlds.
Czech Centre
The Czech Centre in Budapest was established in 1993 in the Zichy Palace in the sixth district of Budapest where the Czech (Czechoslovak) Embassy has been located since 1922. The main objective of the activities of the Centre is to develop a dialogue with the Hungarian public, especially by promoting Czecho-Hungarian cultural events.