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Orbis Pictus (1997)

1997-05-16 · 1h 47m · SK
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In Slovakia, the sixteen year-old Terezka is discharged from her school with a letter to her mother. Along her surrealistic journey to find her mother, Terezka entwines reality and fantasy and meets a man that is hired to burn clothes; a woman buried on the ground; a young bride that is marrying the forty and something year-old widow of his brother to support her family as a tradition in their village; her younger brother that is intern in a special school; a decadent TV comedian and his wife; a powerful mobster in the kitchen of a restaurant; one lover of her mother in her former address; and finally her promiscuous mother that advises her to travel through the world.

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Martin ŠulíkDirector, WriterOndrej ŠulajWriterMarek LeščákWriter

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Dorota NvotováDorota NvotováTerezkaEmília VášáryováEmília VášáryováMatkaFrantišek KovárFrantišek KovárTomásMarián LabudaMarián LabudaEmilBožidara TurzonovováBožidara TurzonovováMartaJúlius SatinskýJúlius SatinskýDrusaMarián ZednikovičMarián ZednikovičRidicAnton Šulík ml.Anton Šulík ml.Páter

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Genre affinityFantasy · DramaDialogue densityDramaDirector preference413335Actor preference396825 · 400095 · 400098Country preferenceSkDecade preference1990

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What is Orbis Pictus about?

In Slovakia, the sixteen year-old Terezka is discharged from her school with a letter to her mother. Along her surrealistic journey to find her mother, Terezka entwines reality and fantasy and meets a man that is hired to burn clothes; a woman buried on the ground; a young bride that is marrying the forty and something year-old widow of his brother to support her family as a tradition in their village; her younger brother that is intern in a special school; a decadent TV comedian and his wife; a powerful mobster in the kitchen of a restaurant; one lover of her mother in her former address; and finally her promiscuous mother that advises her to travel through the world.

How long is Orbis Pictus?

Orbis Pictus has a runtime of 107 minutes.