SCUMBAG / SVIŇA

A drug-addicted teenage girl, Broňa, disappears from a resocialization centre, but nobody misses her. She wants to talk about forced sex and drugs to the police, but they send her away. The only hope for the world to hear about what goes on in the centre is to seek out a young journalist. He starts to unravel the connections among criminals in high places, people connected to politics, mafia, but also police, courts of justice and big business. Meanwhile, a new prime minister comes into office. He not only chairs the government, but takes control of the entire country. However, there is always someone who could control you…
A political thriller based on the bestselling book by Slovak journalist and political commentator Arpád Soltész. The story echoes the real killing of Slovak journalist Ján Kuciak who investigated corruption in the upper echelons of politics, although the filmmakers have stressed that the film is not a documentary.