The Curse of the Clan

The audiobook Family Curse, by Ilona Dobrovolná, read by Julie Goetzová, directed by Ondřej Černý. The young journalist Alice Bergerová leaves a promising career and her modern Prague flat due to disputes with colleagues and finds herself in Juratov, a town where time seems to have stood still. She becomes a reporter for an insignificant regional weekly and gradually gets to know the local people and customs. The peaceful running of the town is suddenly disrupted by the tragic death of one of Alice's colleagues. Alice is unwilling to believe it was a suicide and therefore launches her own investigation. Robin, the owner of the local restaurant, willingly offers his help, seeking a distraction after losing the love of his life. The murdered journalist was said to be working on an important project before his death. Could this very activity have cost him his life? Or is his death really connected to the alleged curse on the town, as everyone claims? JULIE GOETZOVÁ An actress and musician, born on 24/05/1986 in České Budějovice. She graduated in dramatic acting from JAMU in Brno and spent a year studying at the PWST drama school in Krakow. After her studies, she was engaged at the Radost Theatre for a year, and has been a freelancer ever since. She has guest-starred at the Reduta and Hadivadlo theatres in Brno, Rubín, Meetfactory, and Alfréd ve dvoře in Prague, and on the New Stage of the National Theatre. She was involved in the creation of the experimental ensemble D'epog, collaborates with the Kartel theatre platform, and as a pianist and violist is a member of the bands Cirkus Cermaque, Chytej ušima, and Chantet.