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THE BLUE WHALE

What and who are we truly afraid of? The chilling feelings of the youth that is finding itself in a net into which they were thrown by their parents, who were thrown in by their parents. Grown-ups are growing up. About manipulative game of a rhetorically powerful group that „cleanses“ the world according to their Spartan ideology. There are only alphas and the unnecessary. Among them are children. And so, the grown-ups grew silent.

The play was created for Forum of Youth Authors 10. The radio play The Blue Whale was nominated in the international competition Prix Europa for the Rising Star 2023 award.

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A woman with short brown hair and green eyes wearing large headphones and a white tank top, looking directly at the camera, with a neutral expression.

CAST:

LEA // Naďa Gášeková

DAD // Ivan Martinka

VOICE // Marek Lupták

ANYA // Katka Novotková

CLASSMATE1 // Daniel Zwach

CLASSMATE2 // Nazar Kulchykovskyi

CLASSMATE3 // Richard Labuda

DOCUMENTARY // Mário Mačičák

VOCALS // Ester Rimarčíková, Sofia Mária Bilková, Viktória Procklová

TELEVISION // Romana Ondrejkovičová, Teodor Sitarčík

Written and directed by: Ráchel Rimarčíková

Sound designer: Oleksandr Buhaiev

Production: Valéria Potančoková and Linda Gallová

Dramaturgy and supervision: Peter Pavlac and Dušan Kozák

Used song „Pri zore“: Richard López

Premiere: June 26, 2023, Radio and Television of Slovakia, Devín radio.

A young woman with short brown hair wearing headphones, a sleeveless top, and multiple choker necklaces, holds her hands up in front of her with words written on her palms: 'BLUE' on her left hand and 'WHITE' on her right hand.

Photography: Ráchel Rimarčíková

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