22.1.2008 Martin Plitz presents this 1965 movie in the original 16mm format. Taking place next Wednesday, January 30, in the UTOPIA club (45 Bělehradská St, Praha 2) at 8pm. Czech without subtitles.
Adapted from a story in Milan Kundera's Směšné lásky (Laughable Loves), Bočan's first feature-length film focuses on a young art historian as he becomes entangled in a self-destructive web of lies and alibis while avoiding a would-be art critic to whom he'd promised to give a letter of reference...Directed by Hynek Bočan. Screenplay by Pavel Juráček. Photography: Jan Němeček. Original soundtrack: William Bukový.
Starring Jan Kačer, Štěpánka, Řeháková, Josef Chvalina, Hana Kreihanzlová, Jaromír Spal, Zdeněk Hodr, Libuše Havelková, Bohumil Vávra and Radoslav Brzobohatý.
The screening will be followed by a medley of period short films.
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