Directed by:
Tomáš Vorel st.Screenplay:
Tomáš Vorel st.Cinematography:
Martin DubaComposer:
Michal VíchCast:
Jan Slovák, Lucie Zedníčková, Eva Holubová, David Vávra, Jaroslav Dušek, Petr Čtvrtníček, Šimon Caban, Aleš Najbrt, Radomil Uhlíř, Jiří Fero Burda (more)Plots(1)
Tomáš Vorel's second feature film – in the genre of a “rhythmical” - returns to the era of the fading totalitarian decay. A young and observant engineer (Jan Slovák) gets a job in a factory ruled by a Brezhnevian director. He encounters a set of notorious slackers, scheming climbers and flunkies of the regime. In the shabby environment, foggy with smoke from the factory chimneys as well as cigarettes, he witnesses malicious schemes, senseless disco partying, but also rebellious defiance. To complete this sarcastic freak show, Šimon Caban plays a dashing DJ. Epilogue, describing the Velvet Revolution, foretells the quick change of attitudes that followed the regime's fall. (Febiofest)
(more)Cast
Jan Slovák
Czechoslovakia
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Mlýny (1994) (theatrical recording)
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Lucie Zedníčková
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Saturnin (1994)
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Eva Holubová
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David Vávra
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Jaroslav Dušek
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Cosy Dens (1999)
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Petr Čtvrtníček
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Šimon Caban
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Aleš Najbrt
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Radomil Uhlíř
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Jiří Fero Burda
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Martin Faltýn
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Monika Šeligová
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Tomáš Hanák
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Petra Lustigová
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Milan Dvořák
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Zdeněk Vronský
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Jindřich Narenta
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Olga Michálková
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Jiří Patočka
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Ivo Helikar
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