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After the events of Thunderbolts, John Walker is back on a team, in the public eye—but he’s not the same man who chased glory behind a shield. John struggles to keep together a existence that never truly belonged to him.

Haunted by the parts of his past no one saw— secret violence, overuse under command, the silent price of being "the superb soldier"— he begins journaling on Ava’s suggestion. What starts as a survival mechanism slowly unravels the truths he’s buried for years.

Among a team that masks its have trauma with bravado, sarcasm, and poorly cooked meals, John is forced into reluctant vulnerability in multiple scenarios. From his relationship with Bob to his obsessive need to cut, he needs to learn to break out of the abuse.

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She’s dredging it up now? Isn’t she partly to blame anyway? And why didn’t she cry out at the time? Genuine rape victims have to face similar dangerous questions, as does the heroine of this feature clip debut by director Tereza Nvotová. Seventeen-year-old Lena’s carefree world comes crashing down when she is raped at home by her maths teacher. The attacker calmly walks away, but Lena ends up in a psychiatric hospital. But even there she can’t bring herself to narrate anyone what happened to her, since it doesn’t appear the staff are prepared to combat secondary victimisation… Nvotová offers up a drama which clearly demonstrates that rape only marks the beginning of a series of distressing experiences, and brings to light an often marginalised problem exacerbated by inadequate professional help. The oppressive subject matter acquires establish as an assured review of the main ethics and of those around her, their contours nuanced by Marek Dvořák’s camerawork and by Dominika Morávková, whose Lena comes to realise that only she can find the power that lies within her. KVIFF

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