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Návrat bocianov (2007) is a Slovak,German,Romany,Russian movie. Martin Repka has directed this movie. Katharina Lorenz,Florian Stetter,Lukás Latinák,Zuzana Mauréry are the starring of this movie. It was released in 2007. Návrat bocianov (2007) is considered one of the best Drama,Romance movie in India and around the world.
Vanda has had enough of her life in Germany: enough of the airline that just fired her, her undecided eternal boyfriend and an indifferent mother. She then decides to go and take refuge with her grandmother Magdalena, a hell of a good woman who has just found her childhood love in Runina, a lost corner on the border between Slovakia and Ukraine. An idyllic place, it seems, for a young city girl like Vanda. Except that nearby, men and women from the former republics of the USSR are trying to smuggle into the European Union; and that, soon, Vanda falls in love with Miro, one of the smugglers.
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Návrat bocianov (2007) Reviews
Nice film and strong directorial debut.
I saw this at the 2008 Palm Springs International Film Festival. This film was Slovakia's official entry as Best Foreign Language Film to the Academy Awards. It is the feature film debut from Director/writer Martin Repka, a German born filmmaker who now lives in India and has gotten notice for his short films. Co-written with Eugen Gindl this is the story of Vanda (Katherine Lorenz) who is a flight attendant in Frankfurt and loses her job so she leaves her boyfriend David (Florian Stetter) and travels to a little village in east Slovakia near the Ukranian border where her grandmother Gita (Zuzana Mauréry) has returned to and rekindled a romance with her childhood friend Karol (Karol Csino). Vanda meets Miro (Lukás Latinák) who has a long criminal record and is involved in human trafficking, smuggling refugees out of Ukraine. Vanda and Miro began an unlikely relationship much to the dismay of Miro's live-in girlfriend Magdalena (Kyra Mladeck). Meanwhile, David has decided to try to convince Vanda to return to Frankfurt and travels to Slovakia and enlists the aid of colorful Slovazkian Gypsy named Victor (Radek Bezobohaty) who runs a motorcycle taxi service to bring him to Vanda's grandmother's village. This is a romantic comedy but not a light romantic comedy as it has a dark edge to it. It's a small film with a good cast and a good story and represents a fine directorial debut from Repka. I would give it a 7.5 out of 10 and recommend it.