''Goat'' () is a 2015 Slovak-Czech
drama film
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directed by
Ivan Ostrochovský
Ivan () is a Slavic male given name, connected with the variant of the Greek name (English: John) from Hebrew meaning 'God is gracious'. It is associated worldwide with Slavic countries. The earliest person known to bear the name was the Bu ...
who co-wrote with Marek Lescák.
It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section of the
2015 Toronto International Film Festival
The 40th annual Toronto International Film Festival was held from 10 to 20 September 2015. On 28 July 2015 the first wave of films to be screened at the Festival was announced. Jean-Marc Vallée's ''Demolition'' starring Jake Gyllenhaal and N ...
.
The film was selected as the Slovak entry for the
Best Foreign Language Film at the
88th Academy Awards
The 88th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2015 and took place on February 28, 2016, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, 5:30 p.m. PST. D ...
but it was not nominated.
Cast
* Peter Baláž as himself
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Nikola Bongilajová as Nikolka
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Stanislava Bongilajová as Misa
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Ján Franek
Ján Franek (born 14 April 1960 in Žilina) is a retired boxer, who represented Czechoslovakia at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. There he won the bronze medal in the light middleweight division (– 71 kg), after being de ...
as Franek
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Alexandra Palatinusová
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as Mia (voice)
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Tatiana Piussi as Hitchhiker
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Manfred Schmid
Manfred Schmid (born 6 June 1944 in Liezen) is an Austrian former luger who competed from the mid-1960s to the late 1970s. Competing in four Winter Olympics, he won two medals at Grenoble in 1968 with a gold in the men's sin ...
as The German
See also
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References
External links
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2015 films
2015 drama films
Slovak drama films
Czech drama films
2015 directorial debut films
Slovak-language films
2010s Czech-language films
2010s German-language films
2010s English-language films
English-language Slovak films
English-language Czech films
Films about abortion
Sun in a Net Awards winners (films)
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