WINNER! Seven 2015 Czech Lion Awards, including Best Film, Director, Screenplay and Actress

Dubbed the best film of the year at the Czech Critics’ awards, director Petr Václav’s THE WAY OUT (Cesta ven) follows a Romani couple trying to live in a community obscured by prejudice.

The gritty atmosphere unveils a young Romani couple Žaneta (Klaudia Dudová) and David (David Ištok) striving to live a “normal life,” providing for their daughter and Žaneta’s sister. To protect his family, David considers a life of crime, as the grim backdrop of unemployment, debt, and poverty weighs down. Žaneta wants a respectable life for her family, her sister to get an education, and an honest job. Trapped in the community’s anti-gypsy prejudice, can Žaneta find the inner strength to break out?

The film was the first Czech film screened at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival in the last 16 years.