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She Came at Night
She Came at Night
Directed by	Jan Vejnar; Tomáš Pavlíček
Written by	Jan Vejnar; Tomáš Pavlíček
Produced by	Pavel Vácha, Eva Pavlíčková
Starring	Jiří Rendl; Simona Peková; Annette Nesvadbová
Cinematography	Šimon Dvořáček
Distributed by	Artcam
Release dates	5 July 2023 (Karlovy Vary); 9 November 2023 (Czech Republic);
Running time	85 minutes
Country	Czech Republic
Language	Czech

She Came at Night (Czech: Přišla v noci) is a 2023 Czech film. It was directed by Jan Vejnar and Tomáš Pavlíček. It premiered at 2023 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. it is a mixture of a horror and comedy film.^[2] It is set to enter theatres on 9 November 2023.

Plot

30-years old couple Jirka and Aneta live a happy life until Jirka's mother Valerie moves in with them. Life with Jirka's mother who is toxically fixated on him becomes more and more unbearable as she invades their privacy.

Cast

Simona Peková as Valerie
Jiří Rendl as Jirka
Annette Nesvadbová as Aneta
Denisa Barešová as Natálka
Judit Bárdos as Friend
Stanislava Jachnická as Birthday Lady
Michal Kern as Hobo
Vladimír Kratina as Kocour
Jan Vondráček as Patient

Production

It was filmed during 2022. Directors Pavlíček and Vejnary met in January 2022 and decided to make a film together. They came up with idea for the film during February 2022. The first version of the screenplay was finished in June 2022 and final during October 2022 after which the shooting started. The film was filmed primarily in Vejnar's apartment which serves as the main setting of the story. Filmmakers decided to cast mostly unknown actors.^[3] Shooting concluded in January 2023.^[4]

References

^ "Přišla v noci: Ve Varech měla premiéru černá komedie o dotěrné matce". Totalfilm.cz (in Czech). 6 July 2023. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
^ "Přišla v noci a děly se věci! Nový český film vyráží na festival do Varů". Kinobox.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 11 September 2023.
^ Svoboda, Martin. "Co je větší hororové monstrum než vlastní máma? Chystané drama čeští filmaři točí ve vlastním bytě". Kinobox.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 11 September 2023.
^ Borovan, Aleš. "Režiséři Pavlíček s Vejnarem dokončili natáčení nového filmu Přišla v noci". Seznam Médium (in Czech). Retrieved 11 September 2023.

External links

She Came at Night at IMDb
She Came at Night at CSFD.cz (in Czech)

[Totalfilm_060723-1] "Přišla v noci: Ve Varech měla premiéru černá komedie o dotěrné matce". Totalfilm.cz (in Czech). 6 July 2023. Retrieved 11 September 2023.

[kinobox_280623-2] "Přišla v noci a děly se věci! Nový český film vyráží na festival do Varů". Kinobox.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 11 September 2023.

[kinobox_241122-3] Svoboda, Martin. "Co je větší hororové monstrum než vlastní máma? Chystané drama čeští filmaři točí ve vlastním bytě". Kinobox.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 11 September 2023.

[seznammedium_140123-4] Borovan, Aleš. "Režiséři Pavlíček s Vejnarem dokončili natáčení nového filmu Přišla v noci". Seznam Médium (in Czech). Retrieved 11 September 2023.

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