Synopsis
Ivetka’s unique story began on August 5, 1990, at the age of 10, when she experienced a Marian apparition on Mount Zvir in northeastern Slovakia. Over the next five years, hundreds of thousands of people visited the pilgrimage site and the girl became an icon for many. Ivetka is 27 years old, looking ahead and at the same time able to understand more deeply the events that have accompanied her life so far.
Country
Czech Republic
Producers
PETR OUKROPEC
Genre
Documentary
Co-producers
Česká televize Brno
Release Date
20. 11. 2008
Screening Formats
DVD
Runtime
84 min
Trailer & Photogallery
Cast & Crew
Director
Vít Janeček
Writer
Vít Janeček
Editor
Hedvika Hansalová
Cinematography
Braňo Pažitka
Sound Designer
Lenka Mikulová, Jiří Melcher
About the film
A documentary film about the spiritual experience of one girl on the Slovak mountain Zvir. On the afternoon of August 5, 1990, three children aged 10, 11, and 7 – Ivetka, Katka, and her brother Miťko – were playing in a grassy clearing on the mountain Zvir in the Ľubovnian highlands in the northeastern part of Slovakia. Suddenly, strange sounds started coming from the forest around. The children hid in a nearby hayloft, but the sounds did not stop. On the contrary, they were getting closer. They couldn’t see anything. The children’s fear grew. It occurred to them to pray, and they prayed to Virgin Mary: “Mary, our Mother, hide us under your mantle…” Suddenly everything stopped and the Virgin Mary was sitting on a bench in the hayloft. Both girls saw her. She accompanied the children to the village. The parents tried to tell them that it didn’t happen, they walked with the children back to that place, and the children met Virgin Mary again. They began to return to that place, gradually also in the presence of many pilgrims. After some time, the church also claimed allegiance to the site. Until August 6, 1995, sightings occurred every month. Hundreds of thousands of people visited the site. Mount Zvir was declared a place of pilgrimage.