Visible World

Running time: 104 mins

There's a man with binoculars at the window, watching the people across the street. And he's definitely not James Stewart.

Oliver, an air-traffic controller by day, is emotionally cut off, a man who actively shuns human contact. As a Czech living in Slovakia his isolation is even more complete. Though part of him demands this solitude, another yearns for something more. Now, home alone with his high-powered binoculars and his imagination, he watches a seemingly perfect family in the high-rise apartment building across the street. And watches. And watches.

With an absolute minimum of dialog, constructed with frightening precision, and featuring an absolutely riveting performance by veteran Czech actor Ivan Trojan, Visible World slowly draws the viewer into Oscar's almost silent, perversely lonely mind. Call it Slovak noir.

- Charlie Cockey

Sponsored by Applied Materials

Season:
2012
Premiere status:
North American Premiere
Director:
Peter Kristufek
Cinematography:
Martin Strba
Cast:
Ivan Trojan, Jana Hlavacova, Kristina Turjanova, Dagmar Bruckmeyer, Martin Mnahoncak
Editor:
Dionyz Mikle, Radim Hladik Jr.
Producer:
Milan Stranava
Executive Producer:
Sona Javorska
Language:
Czech, Slovak with English subtitles
Genre:
Psychological Drama
Music:
Peter Kristufek