Spring in Autumn (2001)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Spring in autumn |
| Original title | Babí léto |
| Country of production | Czech Republic |
| original language | Czech |
| Publishing year | 2001 |
| length | 95 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Vladimír Michálek |
| script | Jiří Hubač |
| music | Michał Lorenc |
| camera | Martin Štrba |
| cut | Jiří Brožek |
| occupation | |
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Spring in Autumn (original title: Babí léto , also " Indian Summer ") is a Czech film by director Vladimír Michálek from 2001.
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The film follows the 76-year-old František Hána from Prague , known as Fanda, a retired operetta singer who is looking for adventure with his colleague Eda. They pretend to be ticket inspectors or, as alleged millionaires, are courted by real estate agents. When, however, claims for damages arise, Fanda resorts to funds that his wife Emílie had set aside for her funeral. Emílie has run out of patience and demands a divorce. Finally, Fanda agrees to cut things short. Meanwhile, his son Jára tries to move the parents to the old people's home in order to get to their apartment. In the end, however, Emílie misses the former amusement and does things together with her husband.
Reviews
"An ironic portrait, cinematically quite conventional, but beautifully played and with funny dialogues" praised Thomas Reinhardt from the Saarbrücker Zeitung . The Nürnberger Nachrichten of January 30, 2004 criticized: “The somewhat awkward cheerfulness exudes a conciliatory gentleness instead of the hoped-for comedy of unwavering zest for life.” In an earlier edition of the newspaper, however, Michael Meier writes that the film is convincing in terms of form and content, is “a wonderful, Comedy balanced between humor and tragedy. "
Charlotte Becker is happy about “a thought-provoking revolution against the tabooing of old age” in the Bonner General-Anzeiger . The symbol of the neighbor Fandas, who spends his days looking out the window until one day he is almost unnoticed no longer there, brings the real quality of the topic all the more bitterly into focus. Thomas Basgier from the Stuttgarter Zeitung is also delighted that Fanda is overcoming loneliness and death in old age. This is told "in a harmonious balance between humor and melancholy of spring feelings in autumn, without putting autumn in the wrong light."
Jörg Taszman ( Berliner Morgenpost ) sees the film in the tradition of Czech rogue cinema, as represented by the work of Jiří Menzel , Věra Chytilová or Miloš Forman , and more recently with Jan Svěrák's film Kolya and Jan Hřebejk's We Must Stick Together . Charlotte Becker feels reminded of the rebels from One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Kolya , as well as Pan Tau .
Awards
A Bohemian lion for participating in spring in autumn 2001 went to:
- Jiří Hubač (screenplay)
- Stella Zazvorková (female lead)
- Vlastimil Brodský (male lead)
- Stanislav Zindulka (Male supporting role)
Web links
- Autumn Spring in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jörg Taszman: Laugh and cry a little. In: Sächsische Zeitung, February 7, 2004
- ↑ Thomas Reinhardt: New in the cinema: "Spring in Autumn" by Vladimir Michálek. In: Saarbrücker Zeitung from July 8, 2004
- ↑ Michael Meier: Survival artist with charm and imagination. In: Nürnberger Nachrichten of April 28, 2003
- ^ A b Charlotte Becker: Matured semesters rehearse the laissez-faire. In: Bonner General-Anzeiger, March 25, 2004, p. 33
- ↑ Thomas Basgier: "Spring in Autumn" - Who turned the clock? In: Stuttgarter Zeitung, February 26, 2004, p. 32
- ↑ Jörg Taszman: "About Schmidt" in Czech: "Spring in Autumn", the last film with Vlastimil Brodsky. In: Berliner Morgenpost, vol. 107, January 29, 2004, No. 28, p. 4
- ^ Český lev: Babí léto