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Vojtěch Machuta, Jan Vaši, Jiří Černý, Martin Pechlát, Natálie Řehořová
Prílis mladá noc | A Night Too Young by Olmo Omerzu
CZE/SVN 2012, Forum
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Jan Vaši, Vojtěch Machuta
Prílis mladá noc | A Night Too Young by Olmo Omerzu
CZE/SVN 2012, Forum
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Olmo Omerzu
Prílis mladá noc | A Night Too Young by Olmo Omerzu
CZE/SVN 2012, Forum
Their paths cross unexpectedly on a tobogganing slope on New Year’s Day. It is there that the two boys meet Katerina, a teacher from their school, and her friends David and Stepan, who are on their way back from a somehow unsuccessful New Year’s party in the mountains. They all end up together in Katerina’s flat and the turn of events has it that they all spend the night there.
A muted wintry light could still be made out outside just a while ago but now, under the cover of darkness, an unsettling sense of tension passes through the group. There are other adventures than merely sledging or cartoons awaiting these two boys, who are barely more than children. As if taking part in a ritual, they are permitted to take a glimpse at the adult world. Transgression and lost innocence hang in the air, with the camera searching for traces of this fascination in the close-ups of faces. It’s as if the boys hold up a mirror to the adults, showing them their power games, seductions and yearnings, which are perhaps even more confusing and dangerous than alcohol and cigarettes. The next morning – it’s light outside again – they each go their separate ways, all of them at least one night older.
A muted wintry light could still be made out outside just a while ago but now, under the cover of darkness, an unsettling sense of tension passes through the group. There are other adventures than merely sledging or cartoons awaiting these two boys, who are barely more than children. As if taking part in a ritual, they are permitted to take a glimpse at the adult world. Transgression and lost innocence hang in the air, with the camera searching for traces of this fascination in the close-ups of faces. It’s as if the boys hold up a mirror to the adults, showing them their power games, seductions and yearnings, which are perhaps even more confusing and dangerous than alcohol and cigarettes. The next morning – it’s light outside again – they each go their separate ways, all of them at least one night older.
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Jiří Konečný, Jiří Černý, Olmo Omerzu, Natálie Řehořová, Jakub Felcman
In the front row: the crew of the film
Prílis mladá noc · Forum · Feb 13, 2012
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Olmo Omerzu
The director during Q&A.
Prílis mladá noc · Forum · Feb 13, 2012
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Jakub Felcman, Olmo Omerzu, Peter Rommel, Jiří Konečný
The cinema host with the crew of the Czech film at the Bundesplatz-Kino in Berlin-Wilmersdorf.
Prílis mladá noc · Berlinale Goes Kiez · Feb 14, 2012