Sunday December 29th 2013, Movie night, All My Compatriots directed by Vojtěch Jasný, 1968, Czechoslovakia, 114 minutes, with English subtitles. Door opens at 20:00, film begins at 21:00
Director: Vojtěch Jasný. Starring: Radoslav Brzobohatý, Věra Galatíková, Vlastimil Brodský, Eva Blažková, Waldemar Matuška, Marie Málková, Vladimír Menšík. Language: Czech with English subtitles. Duration: 114 min.
All My Good Countrymen, also known as All My Compatriots, is a film written and directed by Czech filmmaker Vojtech Jasný (who at 87, was recently honored with the President’s Award at the 2013 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival). The film premiered in competition at the 1969 Cannes Film Festival where it received the award for Best Director, and a Special Mention from the Luchino Visconti led jury.
It picks up in 1945, just after the end of WWII, in a village in the countryside newly freed from German occupation. A seemingly pastoral paradise where all is well and everyone gets along without a care in the world. As we get to see through children running around with loaded pistols, and landmines carelessly handled without even a hint of tragic consequence. It’s told in a sequence of vignettes loosely following the four seasons that eventually takes us to the cold winter of 1958 where the end results of communism and forced collectivization are what remains of the once happy and innocent village.
Film night at Joe’s Garage, warm and cozy cinema! Doors open at 8pm, film begins at 9pm, free entrance. You want to play a movie, let us know: joe [at] squat [dot] net
