Country: Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary
Year: 2026.
Runtime: 88’
Production: Punkchart Films, negative Film Productions, Proton Cinema, Rozhlasa Television Slovakia, Czech Television – Česká Televize
Director: Ivan Ostrochovský
Screenplay: Ivan Ostrochovský, Marek Leščák
Producers: Ivan Ostrochovský, Albert Malinovský, Katarína Tomková
Cooproducers / Pavel Strand, Petr Oukropec
Cinematography: Juraj Chlpík
Editing: Martin Malo, Josef Krajbich
Production design: Csaba Lodi
Music: Michal Novinski
In Czechoslovakia in the mid-1980s, doctor Ingrid faces the consequences of a system that intruded into the most intimate aspects of citizens’ lives. An unexpected friendship with a Roma nurse, Agata, raises questions of responsibility, prejudice, and human dignity.
Ivan Ostrochovský (1972) is a Slovak director, screenwriter, and producer known for films that explore complex social and historical themes through a strong visual style and carefully developed characters. His films Koza and Servants have been screened at major international film festivals. In Only beautiful things to look at, he addresses the legacy of forced sterilization of Roma women in Czechoslovakia, exploring the consequences of systemic oppression and the question of personal responsibility.
