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Wikipedia article
'Lea' is a Czech drama film. It was released in 1997.
Plot
Lea witnesses her mother's rape and murder by her father as a child and because of it speaks very little and writes poems to her mother. Lea then grows up with foster parents in a different part of Slovakia. Strehlow buys Lea, now aged 21, from her foster father and imprisons her in a castle in Germany, using the same tools Lea's father used to control Lea as a child and to kill Lea's mother. As Strehlow learns more of Lea's past, he permits her to continue writing to her mother. Lea dies of a stroke within a year of living with Strehlow.
Cast
* Lenka Vlasakova.... as Lea
* Christian Redl.... as Strehlow
* Hanna Schygulla.... as Wanda
* Miroslav Donutil.... as Gregor Palty
* Udo Kier.... as Block
* Gerd Lohmeyer.... as Postmaster
* Tereza Vetrovska.... as Young Lea
Awards
; 1997 Angers European First Film Festival
* Won Audience Award for Feature Film (tied with Some Mother's Son)
* Won C.I.C.A.E award
* Won Telcipro award (tied with Pretty Village, Pretty Flame)
;1997 Brussels International Film Festival
* Won Audience Award
* Won Crystal Star Award for Best European Feature
;Cinequest San Jose Film Festival
* Won Best Feature Award
* Nominated for Maverick Spirit Award
;1998 Czech Lions
* Won Best Actress Award going to Lenka Vlaskov
* Won Best Cinematography going to Vladimr Smutn
* Nominated for Best Design Achievement going to Petr Kunc and Ludvk irok
* Nominated for Best Director going to Ivan Fila
* Nominated for Best Editing going to Ivana Davidov
* Nominated for Best Film
* Nominated for Best Screenplay going to Ivan Fila
* Nominated for Best Sound going to Marcel Spisak and Max Rammier-Rogall
;1996 European Film Awards
* Nominated European Film Award for Best Young Film
;1997 German Film Awards
* Nominated Gold Film Award for Outstanding Feature Film
;1998 USA Golden Globe
* Nominated Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film
;1997 London Film Festival
* Won Satyajit Ray Award
;1997 Max Ophls Festival
* Won Audience Award
;1997 Sochi International Film Festival
* Won FIPRESCI Prize
;1997 Stockholm Film Festival
* Nominated Bronze Horse Award
;1997 Venice Film Festival
* Won OCIC Award in Honorable Mention
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