Czechoslovakia, 1971. A Slovakian woman (Susan Angelo) is trapped by her past as it seeks to destroy the new life that she has worked so hard to build for her family.
Director Michael Lazovsky, who wrote the story with Max Hersh, based this story on his Jewish grandmother's experiences growing up in communist Czechoslovakia in the aftermath of the Holocaust.
Storyboarded on an iPhone, shot in Los Angeles but yet looking like the sterile world of a Communist country and made by someone whose family lived these lives, Magdalena is a very rough watch yet a film that looks completely gorgeous. What a perfect short!
Director Michael Lazovsky, who wrote the story with Max Hersh, based this story on his Jewish grandmother's experiences growing up in communist Czechoslovakia in the aftermath of the Holocaust.
Storyboarded on an iPhone, shot in Los Angeles but yet looking like the sterile world of a Communist country and made by someone whose family lived these lives, Magdalena is a very rough watch yet a film that looks completely gorgeous. What a perfect short!
