Our Lovely Pig Slaughter (Mord)

Storyline

A pig slaughter happens every year at the old folks’ place in Osoblaha. It’s the only day of the year when the whole family gathers to rejoice, complain, eat, drink, and just live. But this year is different because Grandpa is unsure how to tell his son-in-law Karel that this will be the last slaughter. Karel’s daughter Romana misses her mother and her sister Lucie’s marriage is falling apart. Lucie’s son Dušan is lost in the clashes of the female and male worlds, Uncle Šupina is already drunk, the butcher Tonda is hiding the fact that his bullets are damp and the neighbor is plotting revenge on everyone for his miserable life. Throughout such a day, the resilience of mutual bonds is tested, revealing the strength and fragility of relationships formed by traditions, love, and grievances.

About the film/director

Adam Martinec is a graduate of the Department of Directing at FAMU, who was born and raised in the Czech-Polish borderlands, first gained attention with his short film Sugar and Salt that premiered at the San Sebastián International Film Festival. His latest short film Anatomy of a Czech Afternoon won the award for the Best Short Film at the Czech Film Critics‘ Awards and the Czech Lion for the Best Short Film. His feature-length debut Our Lovely Pig Slaughter had its world premiere in the Crystal Globe Competition at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.

Credits

Director:

Adam Martinec

Script:

Adam Martinec

Camera:

David Hofmann

Editor:

Matěj Sláma

Cast:

Karel Martinec, Miloslav Čížek, Pavlína Balner, Aleš Bílík, Karin Bílíková u.a.

Sound:

Jonatán Pastirčák

Music:

Producer:

Matěj Paclík

Contact:

Matěj Paclík

E-Mail:

matej@breathlessfilms.cz

• Czech Republic, Slovakia

• Czech / subtitles German
• 2024
• 85 min