Cercamon Boards Alexandra Makarova’s ‘Perla,’ About a Mother Who Dares to Put Herself First: ‘When It Comes to Motherhood, Feminism Stops’ (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comMarta Balaga Dubai-based sales agent Cercamon has boarded “Perla” ahead of its premiere at International Film Festival Rotterdam in the Tiger Competition.
Directed by Alexandra Makarová, it focuses on a painter who – after fleeing Communist Czechoslovakia – lives in 1980s Vienna with her new partner Josef and teenage daughter Julia.
But when Julia’s father contacts her, Perla decides to cross the border again – and risk everything she has built. “I come from a family of refugees who fled Russia after the October Revolution.
Ours is a tragic story. There’ve always been conversations about concentration camps, hunger and missing father figures,” Makarová told Variety. “My mother is a painter as well and I was mostly inspired by the women in my family.
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