Thursday, June 30, 2022

Kam motýli nelétají (Where Butterflies Don’t Fly)

Kam motýli nelétají (Where Butterflies Don’t Fly), dir. Roman Němec, 2022, Czech Republic, 126m., in Czech with full English subtitles
Sunday, June 19, 2022, 6:30pm Roxie
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Daniel (Daniel Krejčík, pictured left) is a student in his last year of public school before university. He is something of a loner, with few if any friends. He paints his nails and generally has little interest in school. Adam (Jiří Vojta, right) teaches literature and P.E., and is chosen as one of the chaperone’s for a school camping trip. Due to a mixup, the group is hiking off to alternate accomodations after nightfall. Daniel gets separated from the group, having fallen into a cave; Adam sets out to find him, but also falls into the cave. With little hope of being found, the two must try to find a way out. As hours stretch into days, Daniel and Adam open up gradually as they learn to rely on each other for survival.

Both characters are three-dimensional human beings, unfolding themselves bit by bit. Exquisitely written and performed, must see.

IMDb page • Official website [English] [Czech] • Facebook: @KamMotyliNeletajiTrailer [English subtitles] [with subtitles in Czech, German, Spanish, or English] •

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