Léa
Ivan Fila
Léa is a love story between two individuals that life has damaged: Lea, a young Slovak girl who lost her speech after experiencing a trauma during her childhood and Herbert, a German soldier formerly in the Foreign Legion. In 1991, Herbert arrives in Slovakia to put his affairs in order. There, he falls in love with Lea who resembles amazingly his deceased wife. Against her will, he takes her to Germany where they get married. Those are bad premises for a relationship that seems bound to fail. Gradually, however, each lover enters the secret world of the other. People have often asked Ivan Fila if Lea was a true story. For fear of disappointing them, he felt obliged to respond positively. Now, as he likes to put it, he has come to believe it himself.
With : Lenka Vlasaková, Christian Redl, Hanna Schygulla, Miroslav Donutil, Udo Kier
Screenplay : Ivan Fila
Image : Vladimír Smutny
Sound : Marcel Spisák
Music : Petr Hapka
Editing : Ivana Davidová
Screenplay : Ivan Fila
Image : Vladimír Smutny
Sound : Marcel Spisák
Music : Petr Hapka
Editing : Ivana Davidová
Production : Cinepool, Sonnenstraße 21, D-80331 Munich, Allemagne - Tél : 49 89 55 87 60 Fax : 49 89 55 87 61
Ivan Fila was born in Prague in 1956. He has been a resident of Germany since 1977. He studied Dramatic Art and Production at the Film Academy of Cologne. Since 1983 he has been producing and directing documentary films and shorts. In 1996 his film, "Nebel", won the Max Ophüls Award. Ivan Fila is also the author of many scenarios among which, Der Taschendieb, nominated for the Award of Best European Scenario in 1993. Lea was recently nominated for a Felix for Best European First Film.