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Occupation + Q&A with director Michal Nohejl
November 6, 2022 @ 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
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The movie is part of the 26th Made in Prague Festival organised by Czech Centre London. The popular multi-genre festival is back again for its 26th edition. Representing one of the oldest national celebrations of European culture in the UK, the festival presents an exciting programme covering film, music, science, visual art and literature in various venues across London and beyond. Take your pick and immerse yourself in Czech culture this fall.
Voted the Best Czech Film 2021 by critics, this black comedy thriller fuelled by vodka, cigarettes, and cowardice hilariously investigates Czech-Soviet relations. After a premiere, the theatre group is celebrating in a bar when an uninvited guest crashes the party. A drunken Russian officer has come to sell a can of petrol, but soon the business transaction turns into a vodka-drinking race. The Russian, interested in beautiful Milada and entertained by the comedic cowardice of the men, simply won‘t leave… Spinning out of control, the game becomes a trap, heroes become cowards, and cowards become heroes. Influenced by Milos Forman’s The Firemen’s Ball with a touch of Tarantino and The Good Soldier Schweik, this allegorical, pitch-black comedy delivers a highly original contribution to the topic of the invasion and is extremely relevant in today´s climate.
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