PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Juri Rechinsky, director of UGLY from the 46th International Film Festival Rotterdam.
UGLY marks the fiction feature debut of filmmaker Juri Rechinsky. In this interview he tells us that it is not meant to be a “pleasant” film. It was also a difficult film to make for reasons that he talks about in this film. Ultimately, one of its key intentions is to expose the audience to a reality, which he believes is that “the core problem is the same: we are afraid of dying, we are afraid of losing people we love and we have no chance to avoid it.” Working on UGLY was also important for him on a personal level. Furthermore, there is a reason why he feels drawn to this specific time of concept, subject and context. In this interview, he tells us what reason is.
UGLY: Following an accident, Hanna from Austria, who is in a relationship with Jura from Kiev, ends up in hospital in Ukraine with a fractured skull. In wonderful tableaux, shot by Ulrich Seidl’s regular cameraman Wolfgang Thaler, this oppressive debut by Rechinskyshows the pain of existence on the periphery of Europe.