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My Sunny Maad

2021 · 81 min

A quietly moving, hand-drawn look at love and loss across cultures, blending warmth with a slow-building sense of dread.

Directed by
Michaela Pavlátová
Genres
Animation, Drama
Starring
Zuzana Stivínová, Hynek Čermák, Jana Plodková
Overview
When Herra, a young Czech woman, falls in love with Nazir, an Afghan, she has no idea what kind of life awaits her in post-Taliban Afghanistan, nor of the family she is about to integrate into. A liberal grandfather, an adopted child who is highly intelligent and Freshta, who would do anything to escape her husband's violent grip.

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Directed by
Michaela Pavlátová
Genres
Animation, Drama
Starring
Zuzana Stivínová, Hynek Čermák, Jana Plodková
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • identity
  • isolation
  • grief
  • freedom
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • animated
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour3
Realism7
Romance4
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
animation, drama
Directed by
Michaela Pavlátová
Written by
Ivan Arsenjev
Starring
Zuzana Stivínová, Hynek Čermák, Jana Plodková, Ivan Trojan, Miroslav Krobot, Martha Issová, Eliška Balzerová, Berenika Kohoutová
Music
Evgueni Galperine, Sacha Galperine
Runtime
81 min
Country
Czech Republic, France, Slovakia
Languages
Czech, English, Persian

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