She Kept Asking for the Moon (1983)
Johanka had a fling with a well digger she had not met before and who, she was most likely certain, would never be around again. Just before his departure, they have sex and she eventually becomes single mother of a baby girl. Now, 18 years later, her daughter Paulina commutes by bus to work in the nearby city, which gives the village gossips the occasional opportunity to remind her of her unknown father. A resultant conflict with her mother makes Paulina take up residence in the city. Johanka, prodded by her also-single friend Jozefka who maintains that a woman without a man is nothing, begins to woo the new teacher Jarek only to discover later that he is married. Paulina, in the meantime, loses her virginity to the soldier Jirka who promptly makes himself scarce. Johanka fails to consider that she actually has a better life than some of her married neighbors, begins to see.
Cast
- Milka Zimková - Johana Ovsená
- Veronika Jeníková - Pavlínka
- Peter Staník - Berty
- Marie Logojdová - Jozefka
- Valéria Jergová - Teca
- Tamara Simková - Margita
- Nora Kuželová - Katarína
- Ľubomír Paulovič - Štefan
- Jiří Klepl - Učiteľ
- Ivan Klečka
Screenplay
- Milka Zimková (Book)
- Štefan Uher (Screenplay)
- Milka Zimková (Screenplay)
Keywords
based on novel or book
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is She Kept Asking for the Moon about?
- Johanka had a fling with a well digger she had not met before and who, she was most likely certain, would never be around again. Just before his departure, they have sex and she eventually becomes single mother of a baby girl. Now, 18 years later, her daughter Paulina commutes by bus to work in the nearby city, which gives the village gossips the occasional opportunity to remind her of her unknown father. A resultant conflict with her mother makes Paulina take up residence in the city. Johanka, prodded by her also-single friend Jozefka who maintains that a woman without a man is nothing, begins to woo the new teacher Jarek only to discover later that he is married. Paulina, in the meantime, loses her virginity to the soldier Jirka who promptly makes himself scarce. Johanka fails to consider that she actually has a better life than some of her married neighbors, begins to see.
- Who directed She Kept Asking for the Moon?
- She Kept Asking for the Moon was directed by Štefan Uher.
- Who stars in She Kept Asking for the Moon?
- She Kept Asking for the Moon stars Milka Zimková, Veronika Jeníková, Peter Staník, Marie Logojdová, Valéria Jergová, Tamara Simková.
- How long is She Kept Asking for the Moon?
- She Kept Asking for the Moon has a runtime of 1h 21m (81 minutes).
- What genre is She Kept Asking for the Moon?
- She Kept Asking for the Moon is a Comedy, Drama, Romance film.
- Where was She Kept Asking for the Moon produced?
- She Kept Asking for the Moon was produced in Czechoslovakia.