Czech That Film present Ordinary Failures

The Czech Center New York in partnership with the Liszt Institute New York is proud to present Cristina Grosan's movie titled Ordinary Failures. Ordinary Failures is the 2nd feature film of director Cristina Grosan, script was written by the Czech novelist/screenwriter Klára Vlasáková and the co-producer was Judit Stalter. The film premiered at the Giornate degli Autori section of the 79th Venice Film Festival in 2022, where it won the "Authors Under 40" Award for Best Directing.

The screening will be introduced by director Cristina Grosan and producer Marek Novák. A Q&A session will follow after the screening.

Entry is free of charge but registration is required!

Barely managing: this seems to describe our daily life, while we try to handle whatever is thrown at us. To avoid breaking down completely, a widow hasn’t allowed herself to grieve. A queer teenager is struggling to be someone she’s not, just to please her parents. An unemployed mother is ashamed to ask for help. Caught up in their personal failures, they are unable to see the bigger picture. Something is happening outside. In the midst of a world collapsing, they need to find each other, slow down, and listen. Their struggle has a point. It is the ache of a new world being born.

A misfit teenager, an anxious mother, and a recent widow see their day interrupted by a mysterious natural phenomenon. As their world descends into chaos, the three women struggle to find their place in life.