Marketa in the Desert
Runtime: 15 min
Country: United States
Director: Maddie Gwinn
Cast: Lary Müller, Lily Florczak
Year: 2019
Synopsis
Two sisters reconnect on a road trip across the California desert to visit their estranged mother, set in the backdrop of the fall of the Iron Curtain. Influenced by the films of Wim Wenders and Jim Jarmusch, film soughts to subvert the male-dominated road genre and centers the narrative around inner turmoil of sisterhood rather than external danger.
Festival screening
Season: 2019
Section: Short
Premiere: Czech