Ivetka and the Mountain
Director Vit Janecek
Countries
Duration 84 min
Synopsis
Between 1990 and 1995 two girls, Ivetka and Katka, from the village Litmanová in Eastern Slovakia, met with the Virgin Mary each month. They were ten and eleven when it started. Both of them could see her. Ivetka could also talk to her and transmit messages. After the revelations ended, Katka got married and now lives the life of a normal private citizen. Ivetka joined a convent and spent 9 years there. After fullfilling her initial vows she decided to leave... The place of their revelations – Zvir Mountin near Litmanová - has become a famous place of pilgrimage. Millions have visited already and many continue to come every day... The film recollects Ivetka's inner and outer experience of meeting the Virgin Mary and opens the question: how to live with a revelation?
Between 1990 and 1995 two girls, Ivetka and Katka, from the village Litmanová in Eastern Slovakia, met with the Virgin Mary each month. They were ten and eleven when it started. Both of them could see her. Ivetka could also talk to her and transmit messages. After the revelations ended, Katka got married and now lives the life of a normal private citizen. Ivetka joined a convent and spent 9 years there. After fullfilling her initial vows she decided to leave... The place of their revelations – Zvir Mountin near Litmanová - has become a famous place of pilgrimage. Millions have visited already and many continue to come every day... The film recollects Ivetka's inner and outer experience of meeting the Virgin Mary and opens the question: how to live with a revelation?