Ramóna Has a Visitor

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1990

Production year

1990

Runtime

10 min

Director

Igor Chaun

Category

film

Genre

drama

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionstudent filmshort

Original title

Ramóna má návštěvu

Czech title

Ramóna má návštěvu

English title

Ramóna Has a Visitor

Synopsis

It is evening and a thief moves around a dark flat. He searches the drawers and opens a jewellery case. A slim and delicate woman returns home, and as soon as she senses the presence of a stranger in the flat, she pretends to know nothing about him. She does not put the lights on, but walks through the flat with sureness because she is blind. The thief switches the lamps on, pulls out a switchblade knife and clicks it open. Ramóna hears everything and simulates calmness. She takes a necklace off her neck and hides it in the jewellery case without looking. She then sits down in an armchair and switches on a fan. The intruder switches on all the lights in the room. He is finally convinced of the woman’s blindness only when she powders her face blindly and works out the time by fingering the hour hands. The thief shuts the knife and, realizing that someone is probably coming home, he silently sneaks out with his loot. Ramóna breathes a sigh of relief and switches all the lights off. Two wedding rings on her hand betray that she is a widow.

Cast

Yvetta Kornová

slepá žena Ramóna

Crew and creators

Director

Igor Chaun

Screenplay

Igor Chaun

Director of Photography

Jan Velický

Film Editor

Petr Turyna

Sound Designer

Marek Hart

Music

Music Composed by

Svatopluk Havelka

Production info

Original Title

Ramóna má návštěvu

Czech Title

Ramóna má návštěvu

English Title

Ramóna Has a Visitor

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionstudent film

Genre

drama

Student film

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1990

Production Year

1990

Production

Studio FAMU

Technical info

Duration typology

short film

Duration in minutes

10 min

Original length in metres

273 meters

Distribution carrier

35mm

Aspect ratio

1:1,66

Colour

black & white

Sound

sound

Sound system/format

mono

Versions

Czech

Dialogue languages

without dialogue

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Opening/End credits languages

Czech

Awards

Vítěz

Festival: 1. festival FAMU Praha

1991
Praha / Czechoslovakia
Jan Velický