The Smoke
1991 · Movie · 89 min. · Czechoslovakia
"musical of totalitarian age" is sub-title of movie SMOKE, in which Thomas Vorel emanated from his second famous classroom film IING.(1985), he him self however confess of many changes. As a matter of fact only axis of the story stayed: young engineer arrives on his first place of work with intention to labour, which shows as a shocking excess in bizarre attitude of the last era of totalitarian convulsions. Mirek´s uncommonly normal bearings adduces movement of "local" history, and social evil (impersonated in incompetent bosses) is precipitated by rightly indignant awaken crowd. Picture has poetics typical of mentioned times: inosculating serious with unvalued, irony with admiration, reality with bizarrerie, matter with absurdity.
Direction Tomás Vorel
Cast Jan Slovák · Lucie Zednícková · Simon Caban · Petr Ctvrtnícek · Jaroslav Dusek · Jan Foll · Eva Holubová · Jirí Kratochvil · Ales Najbrt · Jana Tucková · David Vávra
Soundtrack Michal Vích
Screenplay Lumír Tucek
Cinematography Martin Duba
Original title Kour
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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