Flower Buds / Poupata/ Czech film
*
Social drama
*
Producer: Zdeněk Jiráský
*
It was made in: 2011
The
plot was taken at Christmas time and it is talking about gradual breakdown of
four family members who live in a small town (daughter Agáta, son Honza, mother
Kamila and father Jarda). Each character lives in its dream which they would
like to come true but it is gradually crashing. Agáta would like to live in a perfect
family but she is pregnant with her boyfriend who was intoxicated on St.
Nicholas party and had an accident after which he ends up on a wheelchair.
Honza thinks that love is the most important thing in the world, so he sells
weed, which he grew with his friend, to buy a stripper because he is in love
with her. Kamila finds out that her husband owns 180 000 Kč (Czech crowns).
Jarda not only fails slot machines, but also is fired from his job, moreover he
causes his friend death and he debts his family.
The
name of the film evokes the Communist reign because it refers to the title of a
song which was well known those days. It was an accompanying song to the last
“Spartakiáda” (national sport
events of the Eastern bloc countries). Bits of the choreography are seen in the
film when the adult ladies are gathering to exercise. The name “Flower Buds” is probably used as a
metaphor to demonstrate the disability of the main characters to bloom. They
are struggling in the new world unable to move further, unable to change
themselves.
Points
of Interest:
*
Shooting lasted only 30 days
*
Unemployed people, from the cities where the film was made, were casting in
this drama. They got money and they did not report to the social management and
the social management took them their social benefits. The movie-makers tried
to do something about it but the state stayed relentless.
*
The film has received a few film awards, for example: Silver Hugo on World film
festival.
Nikola Bělíková, Jana Vitouchová – Czech Republic
Keine Kommentare:
Kommentar veröffentlichen