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Constant - An Homage To The Apartment

Paula Ďurinová • Slovak Republic, Germany • 2023 • 16 min
Romanian Premiere
From the windows of an apartment on the top floor of a communist apartment block in Bratislava, you can see beyond the Danube River and Austria, an opportunity to reflect on the past and freedom.
The filmmaker pays tribute to her grandparents who have lived for many years in the same socialist apartment on the 12th floor, with a breathtaking view of the Danube River and Austria, a free world when they were young and Soviet tanks occupied Czechoslovakia. The footage of the present shows us the ever-changing landscape as seen from the window and details from inside, provoking an intimate dialog and disparate memories that have no particular logic, perhaps only an inner one. This is where an auteur movie comes from that manages to discover a connection between generations, between East and West, and in conveying a contemplative mood.
Original Title:Konštanta - rozlúčka s bytom
Director:Paula Ďurinová
Sound: Christian Obermeier, Jochen Jezussek
Editor: Paula Ďurinová
Cinematographer: Paula Ďurinová
Producer: Paula Ďurinová
Production Company: Universität der Künste Berlin

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