Ungrateful Beings
by Olmo Omerzu
Nehvaležna bitja, orig. Ungrateful Beings, 2025, fiction, co-production, digital DCP, 1,85:1, 25, c, 110 min
CZ, SI, PL, SK, HR, FR
Finished
David takes his two children on holiday to the Adriatic to save their fractured bilingual family. His daughter Klara, struggling with an eating disorder, falls in love with a local boy, Denis. When Denis is accused of murder, they rush back home. Klára’s condition spirals, landing her in hospital. The only thing uniting her parents is their need to save her.
In 2011, Olmo Omerzu (1984) graduated from the FAMU (cz) with his first feature A Night too Young (2012). After the film’s successful premiere in the Forum section of the Berlinale, Omerzu won the Czech Film Critics’ Award for the Discovery of the Year. His second feature Family Film (2015) premiered at the San Sebastian FF and was invited to numerous IFFs, including the Tokyo FF, where it won the Best Artistic Contribution Award. The film also received the awards for Best Film and Best Screenp…
Ungrateful Beings is a story of a family in crisis, torn apart by guilt and self-denial. At its core, the film asks: how far are parents willing to go to save their daughter from an eating disorder, even if it means crossing the boundaries between truth and lies, care and manipulation? Through this intimate drama, the film explores how adults unconsciously project their own dysfunctions and unresolved wounds onto their children, unable to face their own failures.
Cvinger Film was founded in 2011 by film director Rok Biček. The company was established with the aim of developing and producing author-driven documentary and fiction films by emerging talents from Slovenia and the wider region, while also supporting lasting, evolving, and fruitful relationships with established filmmakers. Cvinger Film has produced and co-produced ten films, including feature documentaries and fiction films, as well as two mid-length documentaries and six short films.