The Goddesses of Žítková

A mysterious story of women with magical powers, based on true events.

Kateřina Tučková, Kateřina Dušková, Jiří Janků. In the magical mountain landscape of Žítková, there have always lived women who could cure all kinds of human ailments. They understood the origins of pain, mastered the power of herbs, set broken bones and healed open wounds, accompanied women during childbirth, and could even calm a storm. Their neighbors called them goddesses and brought people to them from far and wide. Dora is the last of an ancient lineage. She wanted to forget and deny her origin to escape her mother's fate; she lives in the city and does not believe in superstitions. But she cannot chase away the dark shadow over her life. So, she sets off to Žítková to search for the secret of her family. A theatrical adaptation of the award-winning novel about women endowed with supernatural abilities, based on true events. A compelling story about female strength, searching for one's roots and identity. Kateřina Tučková captures with extraordinary honesty the mysterious layers of our history that were deliberately erased from people's memories by the totalitarian regime. The mountaineers from Moravské Kopanice in the White Carpathians (Bílé Karpaty) quite commonly used magic in their harsh lives for which our rational society knows no explanation. Strange healing and magical abilities were passed on here exclusively by women; both the gift and the tradition of mysterious rituals were inherited from mother to daughter.