CZ

2016

52 min

Finished

Resmay Is a Guardian Angel

Můj skřítek se jmenuje Resmay

Directing: Markéta Nešlehová

Synopsis

Cambodian girl Jarka was condemned to suffer in night bars and rice fields. Czech woman Tamara dreamt about her dead cousin who visited her and asked her a huge favour - to take care of his secret Cambodian daughter. Two different worlds, European comfortable one and Asian world without future, met under one roof after three years of searching. But there is no happy end: Jarka has to get used to new style of living, and Tamara has to get used to a girl who is not able use a bathroom and can’t say a word in Czech. Learning new language opens the sad secret of Jarka’s Cambodian life. Terrifying details of her dreadful childhood come to light. The journey to Cambodia is cathartic cure for both of them, it’s full of surprise and hard moments that help Jarka to find herself.
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