33 Steps

The story

Thirteen years after Milan Daniel suffered a serious head injury in a racially motivated attack, his assailant is set to be released. What feelings does this moment awaken in a traumatized man who, though he survived, will forever suffer the consequences of that fateful day? Straddling the line between fiction and documentary, the feature debut by Slovak directors Šimon and Anna Domček is an exceptionally cohesive mosaic of fragmentary pieces of everyday life, memories, dreams, and subjective perceptions. Besides exploring the experience of someone seeking to escape the shadows of the past – shadows that weigh heavily on future generations as well – the film also takes an unusual approach to the subject of racial intolerance.

Cast & crew

Milan Daniel

Milan DanielHimself

Jana Poláková

Jana PolákováHerself

Mili Daniel

Mili DanielHimself

Gabriel Daniel

Gabriel DanielHimself

Róbert JakabCast

Eliška KřenkováUčitelka

Róbert MiklaCast