''Odsúdené'' (The Sentenced) is a Slovak-Czech drama television series which aired between 2009 and 2010 on the Slovak station
TV JOJ
TV JOJ is a Slovak private TV channel owned by J&T Enterprises and launched in March 2002. The channel screens serial dramas and TV shows. The name JOJ is derived from a Slovak interjection, comparable to ''oh là là''.
History
It was launch ...
and the Czech station
TV Barrandov
TV Barrandov is a Czech television channel, launched in 2009. It was founded and started to broadcast in 2009. It currently broadcasts in Czech.
In 2015 after Chinese company CEFC China Energy invested in TV Barrandov's parent company Empresa M ...
. It ran for three seasons, with a total of 86 episodes. Each episode was approximately 50 minutes long.
Background
The show, co-produced by
TV JOJ
TV JOJ is a Slovak private TV channel owned by J&T Enterprises and launched in March 2002. The channel screens serial dramas and TV shows. The name JOJ is derived from a Slovak interjection, comparable to ''oh là là''.
History
It was launch ...
and
TV Barrandov
TV Barrandov is a Czech television channel, launched in 2009. It was founded and started to broadcast in 2009. It currently broadcasts in Czech.
In 2015 after Chinese company CEFC China Energy invested in TV Barrandov's parent company Empresa M ...
, premiered on 1 September 2009 and ended on 16 December 2010.
Synopsis
The show is set in a
women's prison
Approximately 741,000 women are incarcerated in correctional facilities, a 17% increase since 2010 and the female prison population has been increasing across all continents.Zuzana Maurery), who, fleeing her husband, kills another driver while under the influence of alcohol, and almost causes the death of her own son, who ends up in a coma. She is sentenced to three years in a medium-security prison. Eva adapts to her new environment while trying not to lose her dignity.
First season
The first season reveals that the person Eva killed in the accident was actually hired by her husband to kill her in order to receive a life insurance settlement. Eva's lawyer tries to obtain a retrial for her. Meanwhile, Eva is accused and eventually convicted of killing a fellow inmate, who died of a drug overdose. This increases the length of her overall sentence.
Second season
In the second season, Eva gradually adapts to her new living condition. The inmate who caused the drug overdose she was previously convicted of comes clean, Eva is exonerated, and gets a chance at parole. She is allowed a one-day release from prison and becomes pregnant with her lawyer, with whom she has become close.
Third season
Eva's pregnancy is the major theme of the third and last season of ''Odsúdené''. She tries to keep her condition a secret for as long as possible. However, during a fight in the showers, the truth is revealed and an investigation begins to reveal the child's father, as the prison guards fall under suspicion. Eva tries to protect her lawyer, who is at risk of losing his
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license. The prison warden eventually finds out the truth, however, and Eva's lawyer is disbarred. Eva gives birth to a healthy daughter and her sentence is suspended for twelve months. Her probation officer eventually proposes a complete pardon, which is granted in the end.
Gabriela Dzuríková
Gabriela Dzuríková (born 18 March 1973) is a Slovak actress.
Biography
Gabriela Dzúriková was born on 18 March 1973 in Košice. She studied acting at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava.
Already as a student, Dzúriková appeare ...
as Edita "Magorka" Beňová, fellow prison inmate
* Hana Vagnerová as "Barbie", fellow prison inmate
*
Vica Kerekes
Éva "Vica" Kerekes (born 28 March 1981) is a Slovak actress of Hungarian ethnicity. She is active in Slovakia, the Czech Republic, and Hungary. She is often referred to and credited as Vica Kerekésová, Vica Kerekešová, and Kerekes Vica. Sh ...
as "Maďarka", fellow prison inmate
* Elena Podzámska as "Grófka", fellow prison inmate
* Anna Javorková as "Anjel", fellow prison inmate
* Pavel Kříž as Aleš Bílek, prison director
* Pavol Višňovský as Dávid Typolt, Eva's lawyer