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      Modra

      2010 1h 20m Drama List
      80% 5 Reviews Tomatometer 59% 50+ Ratings Audience Score Two teens (Hallie Switzer, Alexander Gammal) discover each other while spending a week in small-town Slovakia. Read More Read Less

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      dave j Modra is the name of a village where 17 year old Lina parents used to come from and has made plans to visit relatives, except that her boyfriend has just broke up with her with Leco becoming his substitute to go in his place in return. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Put together a girl who was just dumped by her boyfriend, a trip to Slovakia, a last minute substitute boy as a travel companion, and 17 year-old passions and you have an interesting movie. Some of the filming in Slovakia seemed stilted - they could not have been actors. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Audience Member Movie with lots of credible yet boring dialogue from two bland English-Canadian teenagers visiting my great-grandfather's obscure native town (yes, this was the only reason I watched the movie). Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Audience Member What a wonderful little film this is. Director Ingrid Veninger channels a Sofia Coppola sensibility, turning Modra into a "Lost in Translation in Slovakia." Modra differs from Coppola's masterpiece in that it focuses less on universal disconnect than on youth adolescence and their search for identity. The two main characters, Lina and Leco are both 17 years old. Lina's boyfriend has just broken up with her, 24 hours before they are supposed to leave for Slovakia. Before she has time to grieve, she gets a call from Leco, a boy she briefly met at a party. He's just as confused and lonely, almost desperate to find someone to hang out with for the summer. Lina invites Leco to accompany her on her vacation and he accepts. The scene is executed remarkably well, the camera holding on the teens' faces, the awkward silences of the conversation, capturing everything that is being said and not said. The film plays out like a love letter to Slovakia, but not as a travel video. It celebrates the country as part of this girl's heritage. Lina's search for her cultural identity mirrors her search for a personal identity. She meets her extended family and learns why her parents left for Toronto so many years ago. Along the way, her friendship with Leco buds into a romance. Their relationship takes them through periods of passion, anger, and hope. Both teens have their own personal demons, and unlike so many romance films, Modra knows that these anxieties can't be resolved simply through love. But knowing that they've made a special connection with each other makes confronting those anxieties that much easier. Modra might not be an easy film to find, but it is worth checking out should you get the chance. It is a great example of how the quality of Canadian film has risen substantially in this new decade. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Audience Member It is a home movie slash indie movie, definitely not for the common audience but for people looking for a love story that isn't stock full of cliques and will find this worth a watch. The film itself is full a culture, anyone who sees that this will certainly wish to visit Modra Slovakia. It certainly looks like a gorgeous place to visit. Another good Canadian movie. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Audience Member A sweet, sort-of coming-of-age story that will hit home with anyone who's ever gone to another country at a young age to meet distant relatives. Veninger really captures that feeling of empowering responsibiity of being on one's own for the first time as well as the serenity that comes with connecting with your past. Lovely. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Rick Groen Globe and Mail Nothing wrong with making an audience do some imaginative work, but hell, not all the work. Rated: 2/4 Feb 11, 2011 Full Review Adam Nayman eye WEEKLY That the director's Slovakian relatives appear in background roles as members of Lina's extended clan gives MODRA the feeling of a home movie, but it's more accurate to say that this is personal filmmaking of a refreshingly modest stripe. Rated: 4/5 Feb 11, 2011 Full Review Jim Slotek Jam! Movies The result is what every indie director strives for -- an emotionally true movie that looks like it cost about 10 times its actual budget. Rated: 3.5/5 Feb 11, 2011 Full Review Norman Wilner NOW Toronto An intimately scaled and emotionally vivid study of two young people forging a connection. Rated: 4/5 Feb 11, 2011 Full Review David Nusair Reel Film Reviews ...Modra has been hard-wired with an earnestness that is, for the most part, impossible to resist... Rated: 2.5/4 Feb 11, 2011 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis Two teens (Hallie Switzer, Alexander Gammal) discover each other while spending a week in small-town Slovakia.
      Director
      Ingrid Veninger
      Screenwriter
      Ingrid Veninger
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Apr 17, 2020
      Runtime
      1h 20m