Tigers in the City

ENGLISH - SLOVENSKY

Tigers in the City - new Slovak feature film, coming in April 2012

LOG LINE A young man decides to give up his old life style and friends to seduce the woman of his dreams, but instead ends up in a cobweb of chance and destiny.

SYNOPSIS Three friends about to turn 30 call themselves animal names: BADGER, HYENA and PIGEON. They like to spend time together in their favorite bar in the Bratislava city Zoo, but they all feel that something is missing - they starve for a soul mate for life. After years of fantasizing about a woman’s voice on the radio, Badger finally decides to meet her. Badger’s life takes an unexpected twist, when his friends discover, that a man is trying to kill him. The man is a Russian ex-hit-man hired to kill Badger for his extensive zeal as a state prosecutor, working against local mafia. At the same time, the killer happens to be the husband of the radio speaker, with whom Badger just started a romance. The circle is closed. Now it’s not only a question of falling in love anymore. It’s about staying alive.

Temporary visual. Official poster coming soon.

Juraj Krasnohorsky - About the director

Juraj Krasnohorsky (1980) is a Slovak screenwriter, director and producer. He studied and worked for 14 years in Switzerland, Spain and Paris, before returning to Slovakia. He has a Master degree in Theoretical Physics, a Bachelor in Mathematics and a Bachelor in Film Theory. He signed a number of documentary films and short fiction films. In Paris he gave classes of acting for cinema at the prestigious dramatic school Cours Florent. He also worked with Israeli director Amos Gitai and French director André Bonzel. His short film X=X+1 (2009) was distributed in cinemas in Slovakia and shown at numerous film festivals. In 2009, he founded the production company Artichoke. Artichoke produced TIGERS IN THE CITY, Juraj’s debut feature, expected for Slovak national release in April 2012.

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Artichoke - about the production company

Artichoke is a Slovak film production company founded in 2009 by scriptwriter, director and producer Juraj Krasnohorsky and production manager Henrieta Cvangová.

Artichoke is currently producing the feature length film for cinemas Tigers in the City, directed by Juraj Krasnohorsky. The film is in post-production and will be released in April 2012.

Director's statement

My ambition is to make my debut an original and funny portrayal of young people, entering their thirties. All of them are looking for the one right person to fall in love with and eventually settle down.

The city of Bratislava is an ideal setting for this dramatic comedy. The film is set in exotic looking odd spaces. The city Zoo, a popular lake surrounded by the biggest European suburb of blocks of houses, a pyramid building put upside down – the home of the Slovak National Radio... The tone of the film is a self reflective, tragic humor, which I think is typically Central European.

For me, the film is about our souls, trying to find another soul to pair with. It has a simple, yet profound message: sometimes you have to get to the top of the ladder, only to discover that it was leaning against the wrong wall.

Juraj Krasnohorsky