The Killing of a Journalist

The Killing of a Journalist
Kuciak: Vražda novináře

Denmark, United States, Czech Republic / 2022 / 100 min
Documentary

The Killing of a Journalist
Kuciak: Vražda novináře

Denmark, United States, Czech Republic / 2022 / 100 min
Documentary

When a young investigative journalist and his fiancée are brutally murdered at their home in Slovakia, their deaths inspire the biggest protests in the country since the fall of communism. The story takes an unexpected turn when a source leaks the secret murder case file to the slain journalist’s colleagues. It includes the computers and encrypted communications of the assassination’s alleged mastermind: a businessman closely connected to the country’s ruling party. Trawling these encrypted messages, journalists discover that their country has been captured by corrupt oligarchs, judges and law enforcement officials. The mafia is the government, and a reckoning awaits.

Writer / Matt Sarnecki    DoP / Anna Smoroňová    Editor / Janus Billeskov Jansen    Sound / Marek Poledna    Music / Kristian Eidnes Andersen

Release date / 23 March 2023

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