A short film on coming of age
2013, 12 min.
Synopsis
Dominika lives with her grandmother in the small Czech town of Žlutice. We meet her at a family party on the day she turns seventeen.
The next day, while she prepares for the usual Saturday trip to the disco, her grandma narrates the story of becoming a woman.
Putting on makeup and dressing up for the disco seems to be a rehearsal of independence and a theatrical expression of femininity and beauty. The tension between being dependent and yearning for freedom is softened by close family ties and mutual care.
Technical Specifications
- Original title: Sedmnáct
- English title: Turning Seventeen
- Country of production: Czech Republic
- Runtime: 12 min.
- Format: 16:9 HD
- Sound: stereo
- Subs: English
Film Crew
- a film by Petr Nuska, Aga Suszko and Pavel Borecký
Production
Summer School of Ethnographic Filmmaking – Žlutice, Czech Republic
Festival selections:
- Ethnografilm – France
- My Street Films – Czech Republic
- Echoes of Antropofest – Czech Republic
Full film
Behind-the-scenes photographs


