# The Ballad of Piargy (2022)

> A priest enters an avalanche-buried Slovak village where apocalyptic belief turns catastrophe into a reckoning over faith, guilt, and communal fear.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/879625

## Facts

- Runtime: 103 min
- Genres: Drama
- Director: Ivo Trajkov
- Cast: Judit Pecháček, Attila Mokos, Lucia Klein Svoboda, Daniel Fischer, Jana Kvantiková, Jana Oľhová, Lucia Siposová, Marián Geišberg
- TMDB rating: 5.2/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11790238/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: mild
- Mood: brooding, foreboding, tragic, arthouse film night, historical drama viewing

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