Jenica and Perla

Jenica and Perla
Jenica a Perla

Czech Republic, France / 2015 / 72 min
Documentary

Jenica and Perla
Jenica a Perla

Czech Republic, France / 2015 / 72 min
Documentary

Jenica and Perla are friends who live 1,500 km apart. Jenica spent her childhood on the streets of Paris, Perla was brought up in a slum in Eastern Slovakia. Jenica and Perla are Romani. The girls are right of age, when they face the problems of growing up. Perla in a Roma slum in the East and Jenica in a poor suburban neighborhood of Paris are entering the adult world, which reflects the problems of Roma community in contemporary Europe. They are now at the stage of their lives when their future is being determined. How will their lives be affected by the tough conditions, both girls were brought up in?

Writer / Rozálie Kohoutová    DoP / Lukáš Hyksa    Editor / Evženie Brabcová    Sound / Petr Šoltys    Music / Ivan Akimov , Kesaj Tchave

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