BRATISLAVA: The Slovak/Czech/Polish coproduction debut of Czech director Martin Kuba,
Three Weeks Under the Sea / Tri týždne pod morom, is currently in preproduction. The production of the film had originally been planned to begin in the winter of 2020 but was rescheduled for 2021.
Forty days of filming are planned in northeastern Slovakia, the Czech Republic and in the Silesian region of Poland between December 2021 and February 2022.
Three Weeks Under the Sea tells the story of Michal, who returns to his hometown for his father s funeral. He finds out that the coffin is empty and the funeral was a fraud. He sets out in search of the truth about his father, who was a Russian military attaché in Czechoslovakia. Michal gets involved with his father s old friends, who form the local Russian mafia.
Content Note: This article contains discussion of cyber-bullying, bullying, sexual abuse.
“Smile,” a man says to us. “Smile,” he says again, with heartfelt earnestness. A sentimental piano score accompanies these words, and in the solemn times we currently live in, the purity of this segment packs a punch, like medicine for the soul. The man switches the front-facing camera to the rear, and we see a girl, Aless (Alessia Capparelli), sitting alone. She responds impassively: “What should I say?” “The truth,” the man replies.
These shots open Miro Drobný’s 2019 anthology film
Who’s Next? (Kto je ďalší?), which shines a light on the dangers associated with our modern use of the internet. Drobný splits the film into three short sections, each dealing with a separate theme, the first being cyber-bullying.