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Scent of Oranges

English title: Scent of Oranges
Original title: Uzly a pomeran?e
German title: Orangentage
Czech Republic, Germany, Slovak Republic, 2019

Director: Pokorny, Ivan
Production company: Daniel Severa Poduction, Kinderfilm GmbH, Trigon Production
Age recommendation: 12 years and up
Length: 92 min.
Film genre: Feature film

Synopsis:
Darek lives in a Czech village in the border triangle of the Czech Republic, Poland and Germany, where he attends the 9th form. After his mother’s death, he has to look after his eight-year-old, mentally handicapped sister Ema and his father, who has difficulty coping with the loss of his wife and is increasingly seeking consolation in alcohol. But that’s not all: Darek has to fight a running battle with his former friend Hugo on a daily basis. Hugo seizes every opportunity to harass him and defenseless Ema. But then the summer also brings rays of hope into his life. Uli, his father’s friend, wants to feed and sell sick horses that have become useless for their owners on their land. Darek takes a liking to the “angels who give people wings” and dreams of opening a stud farm later. One day, 15-yearold Hanna comes to their farm to have Darek build a circuit for her school. Hanna is open and direct and beguilingly smells of oranges. Enchanted by the scent of oranges Darek is having a wonderful time, which suddenly ends at the end of the summer holidays...

Marketing strategies:
Based on the book by Iva Procházková

Festivals:
Schwerin FF 2019, Zlin CFF 2019, Schlingel Chemnitz 2019, Filem’On CFF Brussels 2019, Just Film Tallinn 2019, Olympia CFF Pyrgos 2019, FIFEM Montreal 2020, Cinemagic 2020

ECFA interview available

World sales address/es:
Mideu Films (DE)