World premiere

Her Body

Local title
Tema keha
Original title
Její telo
Director
Natálie Císařovská
Country
Czechia, Slovakia
Year
2023
Programme
Critics' Picks Competition
Genre
drama
Subject
sport, disease, sexuality, historical personas, women

The sensationally similar sports and porn industries present bodies on the podium for the pleasure and joy of countless fans. Any competitive athlete trains their body to be perfect for racing, jumping, etc. In an adult film, an attractive body becomes a sexual object to anonymous viewers.

A daring portrait of a woman's devotion to her body and its extraordinary transformation into an instrument of sexual temptation. A spinal injury destroys a long cherished Olympic dream for Czech professional high diver Andrea Absolonová. She follows her photographer friend to the adult entertainment world and performs in more than 80 porn films as Lea De Mae. Merciless fate brings her the ultimate ordeal – a rare aggressive form of brain cancer. Such an unbelievable true story could inspire three separate films.

Edvinas Pukšta

Director
Natálie Císařovská
Screenwriter
Aneta Honzková, Natálie Císařovská
Cast
Natália Germáni, Denisa Barešová, Zuzana Mauréry, Martin Finger, Cyril Dobrý
Producer
Viktor Schwarcz, Katarína Krnáčová
DoP
Klára Belicová
Editor
Jan Daňhel
Composer
Aid Kid, Pjoni
Runtime
Language
Czech
Subtitles
English

Screenings

6th Hall Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza
Screening090601 / Tema keha
SubtitlesEnglish
Q&A guestsNatálie Císařovská (Director, Screenwriter), Katarina Krnáčová (Producer), Tomáš Srovnal (Producer), Klára Belicová (Director of photography), Natália Germáni (Cast), Martin Valihora (Cast)
Q&A duration
Screening duration
6th Hall Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza
Screening100603 / Tema keha
SubtitlesEnglish
Screening duration
Hall Electric Cinema, Tartu
Screening124201 / Tema keha
SubtitlesEnglish
Screening duration
Trailer
Q&A with the filmmaker