Lea (film)

Lea is a Czech drama film. It was released in 1997.

Plot
Lea witnesses her mother's rape and murder by her father as a child and because of it speaks very little and writes poems to her mother. Lea then grows up with foster parents in a different part of Slovakia. Strehlow buys Lea, now aged 21, from her foster father and imprisons her in a castle in Germany, using the same tools Lea's father used to control Lea as a child and to kill Lea's mother. As Strehlow learns more of Lea's past, he permits her to continue writing to her mother. Lea dies of a stroke within a year of living with Strehlow.

Cast

 * Lenka Vlasakova.... as Lea
 * Christian Redl.... as Strehlow
 * Hanna Schygulla.... as Wanda
 * Miroslav Donutil.... as Gregor Palty
 * Udo Kier.... as Block
 * Gerd Lohmeyer.... as Postmaster
 * Tereza Vetrovska.... as Young Lea

Awards

 * 1997 Angers European First Film Festival
 * Won Audience Award for Feature Film (tied with Some Mother's Son)
 * Won C.I.C.A.E award
 * Won Telcipro award (tied with Pretty Village, Pretty Flame)


 * 1997 Brussels International Film Festival
 * Won Audience Award
 * Won Crystal Star Award for Best European Feature


 * Cinequest San Jose Film Festival
 * Won Best Feature Award
 * Nominated for Maverick Spirit Award


 * 1998 Czech Lions
 * Won Best Actress Award going to Lenka Vlasáková
 * Won Best Cinematography going to Vladimír Smutný
 * Nominated for Best Design Achievement going to Petr Kunc and Ludvík Široký
 * Nominated for Best Director going to Ivan Fila
 * Nominated for Best Editing going to Ivana Davidová
 * Nominated for Best Film
 * Nominated for Best Screenplay going to Ivan Fila
 * Nominated for Best Sound going to Marcel Spisak and Max Rammier-Rogall


 * 1996 European Film Awards
 * Nominated European Film Award for Best Young Film


 * 1997 German Film Awards
 * Nominated Gold Film Award for Outstanding Feature Film


 * 1998 USA Golden Globe
 * Nominated Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film


 * 1997 London Film Festival
 * Won Satyajit Ray Award


 * 1997 Max Ophüls Festival
 * Won Audience Award


 * 1997 Sochi International Film Festival
 * Won FIPRESCI Prize


 * 1997 Stockholm Film Festival
 * Nominated Bronze Horse Award


 * 1997 Venice Film Festival
 * Won OCIC Award in Honorable Mention