The read
It runs a compact 1h 20m.
Synopsis
In 1947 by the Beskid mountains, the traces of war still linger, destroyed tanks dispersed throughout the farmland creating an eerie backdrop. This film follows a ten-year-old boy and the strange visions he encounters, his world of fantasy exacerbated with ample time, space, and a lack of companionship or guidance. We see the adults that influence and dominate his life, for better or for worse. Surreal and packed with an excellent study of human emotions and motivations compounded by their rural, isolated vacuum of a town, this is a timeless and severely underrated film from a brilliant Czech director.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
7 audience votes
Key crew
- František VláčilDirector
- Milan DvořákOriginal Music Composer
- Jiří FriedScreenplay
Cast
- Vlastimil DrbalPasáček
- Josef KemrCast
- Libuše GeprtováCast
- Jiří SchmitzerCast
- Ilja PrachařCast
- Stanislava StrobachováCast
- Jiří NěmečekCast
- Zdeněk DušekCast
- Jiří ŠtěpničkaBlondýn
- Bronislav PoloczekCast
- Vlastimil ZavřelCast
- Eva KudláčkováCast
Themes
based on novel or bookpost world war ii1940s