''The Affair'' () is a 2019
Czech
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drama film
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directed by
Julius Ševčík. It stars
Hanna Alström,
Karel Roden and
Carice van Houten. It is based on ''
The Glass Room'', a novel by
Simon Mawer,
which tells the story of a fictional house based on the
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe ( ; ; born Maria Ludwig Michael Mies; March 27, 1886August 17, 1969) was a German-American architect, academic, and interior designer. He was commonly referred to as Mies, his surname. He is regarded as one of the pionee ...
-designed
Villa Tugendhat in
Brno
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,
Czech Republic
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, where the movie was filmed.
Plot
Wealthy newlyweds Liesel and Viktor have enlisted a famous architect, Rainer von Abt to build them a new home, which becomes the talk of 1930s Czechoslovakia. Liesel’s friend Hana is nursing seemingly unrequited romantic feelings for her pal, while Viktor is caught in the act with nanny Kata. On the eve of the Nazi invasion, Liesel and Viktor flee to neutral Switzerland with their two children. Almost immediately, Liesel misses her friend and realises her feelings were more than platonic.
Cast
Reception
The film was nominated for
Czech Lion Awards in
2019
This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year.
Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...
for Best Cinematography, Stage Design, Makeup and Hairstyling, Costume Design, Music and Sound.
References
External links
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*
The Glass Room' at CSFD.cz
2019 drama films
2010s English-language films
2019 films
2019 LGBTQ-related films
Czech drama films
Czech LGBTQ-related films
English-language Czech films
Films based on British novels
Lesbian-related films
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