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Ida is cleaning out the house that her grandfather, an artist, used to live in. She wades through a studio overflowing with artefacts, oddities and lost history. Similarly to S P A C E S, Štrbová treats the theme of memory and loss, combining fiction and documentary, letting the images of nostalgic childhood and the suffocating past flow associatively. To the sound of Francesco Geminiani's Concerto grosso no. 12, subtitled Madness, the fragile physicality of both dead and living relics stands out. The head of a dead parrot, a cast of her grandmother's breasts or a moss-covered real estate agent represent the discoveries of a personal archaeological site and exhibits of an introspective museum of family history.

DocumentaryDrama
Abandoned HouseFamilyMagical RealismCluttered Homes

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What is Once I Got in, It Was Hard to Get Out (2024) about?

Ida is cleaning out the house that her grandfather, an artist, used to live in. She wades through a studio overflowing with artefacts, oddities and lost history. Similarly to S P A C E S, Štrbová treats the theme of memory and loss, combining fiction and documentary, letting the images of nostalgic childhood and the suffocating past flow associatively. To the sound of Francesco Geminiani's…

Who stars in Once I Got in, It Was Hard to Get Out?

Once I Got in, It Was Hard to Get Out stars Juliána Brutovská (Ida), Michael Vrzala (Ištván), Klára Ščevíková (Holčička). The film was directed by Nora Štrbová.

How long is Once I Got in, It Was Hard to Get Out?

Once I Got in, It Was Hard to Get Out has a runtime of 29 min and premiered in 2024.

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