
‘Lover, Not a Fighter’: Slovak-Czech love story premieres at Karlovy Vary film fest
Slovak director Martina Buchelová’s feature debut Lover, Not a Fighter premiered in Karlovy Vary’s Proxima competition.

Slovak director Martina Buchelová’s feature debut Lover, Not a Fighter premiered in Karlovy Vary’s Proxima competition.

This intimate portrait of one of Czechoslovakia’s most renowned Olympic heroes from director Jakub Červenka sometimes struggles to connect on dramatic terms, but its technical credentials are largely first-rate.

The new Czech-Slovak drama examines the pressures behind Olympic glory, following last year’s Nepela with a more intimate, time-compressed portrait.