We Have Never Been Modern

We Have Never Been Modern (2023)

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A better world is not for everyone

Helena, is about to give birth and face a rosy future in a modern city, as the pregnant wife of an important factory manager. However, all her illusions soon perish, as the dead body of a newborn intersex baby is found in the middle of their factory. Helena needs to find out what happened here for the safety of her own child, but she runs into her own prejudices.

Date of release
2023-10-05
TMDB
6.8 / 10 (20)
Runtime
1h 57m
Genres
Crime, Drama
Director
Matěj Chlupáček

Casting

Interesting facts

We Have Never Been Modern is a 2023 crime drama film directed by Matěj Chlupáček and written Miro Šifra. We Have Never Been Modern is Chlupaček's second feature film, defined by him as "a detective story with a female protagonist who is not a police officer or an investigator, but while everyone else draws conclusions according to what suits them, she is the only one who wants to find out the truth". The film title quotes the eponymous book by French philosopher Bruno Latour.

Production

Filming began in May 2022 in Lysá nad Labem in the period scenery of the Art Deco Benies villa. Filming ended in September 2022, the film was initially set to enter theatres on November 16, 2023. It premiered on 1 July 2023 during Karlovy Vary International Film Festival with theatrical premiere on 5 October 2023.

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