Dubbing a film ridiculously charming may not seem like much of an endorsement but it is with Modra, especially considering the storyline is primarily shouldered by two unknown teens acting like actual, warts-and-all teens.
On the cusp of a brief summer vacation to Slovakia to hang with extended family, 17-year-old Lina is dumped by boyfriend Tyler, who was set to come along. On a whim, Lina invites school acquaintance Leco to take Tyler’s place. That the pair doesn’t really know each other is secondary to the notion of just... like, you know, splitting.
The rural Slovakian town of Modra and Lina’s adoring family, who assume Leco is the boyfriend, push the action subtly forward. But it’s Lina and Leco’s discoveries and awakenings - of each other, of the parallel universe that is small-town European life, of the value of family – propelling the action. And, yup, it’s all really darn charming.
Nothing blows up in Modra, but Toronto-based director/writer Ingrid Veninger sure knows how to capture the life-affirming essence of a teenage holiday overseas. In this case, that’s story enough.
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