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.
Genre: Drama
Stars: Vlastimil Drbal, Josef Kemr, Libuše Geprtová, Jiří Schmitzer, Ilja Prachař, Stanislava Strobachová
Crew: František Vláčil (Director), Václav Erben (Creative Producer), Ladislav Fuks (Novel), Jiří Fried (Screenplay), Oldřich Železný (Dramaturgy), Jiří Ondráček (Camera Operator)
Country: Czechoslovakia
Language: Český
Studio: Filmové studio Barrandov
Runtime: 80 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Mar 01, 1984
IMDb: 4.5
