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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 Vlasakova
Won Best Cinematography going to Vladimir Smutny
Nominated for Best Design Achievement going to Petr Kunc and Ludvik Siroky
Nominated for Best Director going to Ivan Fila
Nominated for Best Editing going to Ivana Davidova
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
