Larks on a String (Cine Fan)
Genre
SPECIAL PROGRAMME
Release Date
24 Sep 2023 (Sun)
Category
IIB (HK), ---(Macau)
Running Time
96 Minutes
Language
Czech
Subtitle
English
Director
Ji?í Menzel
Cast
Václav Necká?, Rudolf Hrušínský, Jitka Zelenohorská
Synopsis
This deceptively sunny satire, set in the aftermath of the 1948 Communist coup, centres on a group of bourgeois dissidents, who are assigned to work on a scrap heap for ‘re-education,’ but all the while they defy control and flirt with the female prisoners in the adjoining camp. A flawless balance between moments of satirical humour and sobering reminders of authoritarianism's human toll, Menzel’s most political film, again co-written with Hrabal, deservedly received the Berlinale Golden Bear when it was finally released, 21 years later after the Communist ban.
Berlin International Film Festival: Golden Bear for Best Film and FIPRESCI Prize – Honorable Mention
Berlin International Film Festival: Golden Bear for Best Film and FIPRESCI Prize – Honorable Mention
This deceptively sunny satire, set in the aftermath of the 1948 Communist coup, centres on a group of bourgeois dissidents, who are assigned to work on a scrap heap for ‘re-education,’ but all the while they defy control and flirt with the female prisoners in the adjoining camp. A flawless balance between moments of satirical humour and sobering reminders of authoritarianism's human toll, Menzel’s most political film, again co-written with Hrabal, deservedly received the Berlinale Golden Bear when it was finally released, 21 years later after the Communist ban.
Berlin International Film Festival: Golden Bear for Best Film and FIPRESCI Prize – Honorable Mention
Berlin International Film Festival: Golden Bear for Best Film and FIPRESCI Prize – Honorable Mention
