Screening: Year of the Widow
22.08.2025 / 11:00
As part of the New European Film festival, which brings the film debuts of talented directors from across Europe to audiences in Stockholm, the award-winning drama "The Year of the Widow" by director Veronika Lišková will be screened on September 16, 2025, at 7:00 p.m. New European Film was created in collaboration with the Klara Biografen cinema and the EUNIC Stockholm group of cultural institutes.
Original title: Rok vdovy
Directed by: Veronika Lišková
Starring: Pavla Beretová, Julie Šoucová, Zuzana Kronerová
Genre: Drama
Spoken language: Czech
Subtitles: English
Runtime: 109 min
Country/year of production: Czech Republic, 2024
Synopsis:
After her husband’s fatal health collapse, Petra in her early 40s becomes a widow. However, grief is not the only challenge that she and her teenage daughter Dominika have to face – almost immediately they are trapped in the never ending cycle of bureaucracy that a person’s death brings: mortgages, loans, rents, energy bills etc. Amidst the shattering lifequake Petra has to rely only on herself in the struggle for a new life against the disfavor of destiny.
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Date: 16. 09. 2025, 7 PM
Venue: Kulturhuset Klarabiografen, Sergels Torg 7, 111 57 Stockholm
Read more about New European Film (NEF) series.
The screening is held in cooperation with the Swedish-Czech-Slovak Association in Stockholm, Czech Centre Stockholm, and the group of cultural institutes EUNIC Stockholm.
