She Kept Asking for the Moon (1983)
She Kept Asking for the Moon (1983)
Johanka had a fling with a well digger she had not met before and who, she was most likely certain, would never be around again. Just before his departure, they have sex and she eventually becomes single mother of a baby girl. Now, 18 years later, her daughter Paulina commutes by bus to work in the nearby city, which gives the village gossips the occasional opportunity to remind her of her unknown father. A resultant conflict with her mother makes Paulina take up residence in the city. Johanka, prodded by her also-single friend Jozefka who maintains that a woman without a man is nothing, begins to woo the new teacher Jarek only to discover later that he is married. Paulina, in the meantime, loses her virginity to the soldier Jirka who promptly makes himself scarce. Johanka fails to consider that she actually has a better life than some of her married neighbors, begins to see.

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Cast

Milka Zimková Milka Zimková As: Johana Ovsená
Veronika Jeníková Veronika Jeníková As: Pavlínka
Peter Staník Peter Staník As: Berty
Marie Logojdová Marie Logojdová As: Jozefka
Valéria Jergová Valéria Jergová As: Teca
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Storyline

Johanka had a fling with a well digger she had not met before and who, she was most likely certain, would never be around again. Just before his departure, they have sex and she eventually becomes single mother of a baby girl. Now, 18 years later, her daughter Paulina commutes by bus to work in the nearby city, which gives the village gossips the occasional opportunity to remind her of her unknown father. A resultant conflict with her mother makes Paulina take up residence in the city. Johanka, prodded by her also-single friend Jozefka who maintains that a woman without a man is nothing, begins to woo the new teacher Jarek only to discover later that he is married. Paulina, in the meantime, loses her virginity to the soldier Jirka who promptly makes himself scarce. Johanka fails to consider that she actually has a better life than some of her married neighbors, begins to see.


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Details

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Language: Český, Slovenčina

Release Date: 01 June 1983

Country: XC

Runtime: 81m

Company Credits

Company: Slovenská filmová tvorba

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Cast

Directed By

Štefan Uher

Štefan Uher

Director

Milan Zavřel

Milan Zavřel

First Assistant Director

Jaroslav Rihák

Jaroslav Rihák

First Assistant Director

Writing Credits

Production Crew

Peter Drobka

Peter Drobka

Production Manager

Ivan Janovský

Ivan Janovský

Unit Production Manager

Jozef Prochác

Jozef Prochác

Unit Production Manager

Edited By

Costume and Makeup

Mária Šilberská

Mária Šilberská

Costume Design

Jozef Škopek

Jozef Škopek

Makeup Artist

Zdenka Bočánková

Zdenka Bočánková

Lead Costumer

Sound

Visual Effects

Not currently known.

Camera

Stanislav Szomolányi

Stanislav Szomolányi

Director of Photography

Ján Magdolen

Ján Magdolen

Camera Operator

Lighting

Not currently known.

Art Department

František Perger

František Perger

Assistant Production Design

Mikuláš Vida

Mikuláš Vida

Property Master

Anton Krajčovič

Anton Krajčovič

Production Design

Other Crew

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