Zázrak

Juraj Lehotský : 2013
Miracle

Fifteen-year-old Ela has entered a detention facility following a series of conflicts with her mother. Many of the other girls living there have experienced more misery than some adults – truancy, running away, drugs and prostitution. Before arriving at the correctional centre, Ela was in a relationship with 30-year-old Roby, and she remains deeply in love with him. She imagines them sharing a future together, and is determined to do what it takes to make it a reality. But she is not allowed to contact him. She decides to run away from the centre during the New Year's Eve disco. The director took inspiration for this social drama from the story of a girl he once met. As he says, the aim of the film was "to see her life the way it is. To live her life with her little secret, in all its simplicity and ordinariness. I wanted to be close to her." Juraj Lehotský's feature debut received a Special Mention when it premiered in competition at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2013, and was winner of the jury award for Best Actress at Vilnius International Film Festival 2014.