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Bandits of the Ballad (2022)
Directed by Vladimír Morávek
Drama, Documentary · 1h 24m
“A burned-out group of Brno intellectuals decides to go to Kolochava in Ukraine to perform ‘A Ballad for a Bandit’ there.” With these words, the author's collective presents their film, in which they use primarily documentary imagery to compose a lyrical grotesque about an epochal trip, which might be their goal. But it doesn't have to be. The main tool of expression here is the film’s edit, which places various shots, statements, and meanings next to each other, often in a sort of productive conflict. Just like in a poem, the “poetic function” of art and its ability to serve as the primary tool for expressing beauty is manifested in full force before our very eyes.
Cast
Jan Zadražil
Tereza Marečková
Martin Huba
Norbert Lichý
Eva Vrbková
Attila Mokos
Dominik Teleky
Peter Oszlík
Anna Čonková
Crew
- Director
- Vladimír Morávek
- Screenplay
- Vladimír Morávek
- Director of Photography
- Norbert Hudec, Petr Příkaský
- Original Music Composer
- Miloš Štědroň
- Editor
- Jiří Mikula
- Producer
- Petr Minařík, Zora Jaurova, Mátyás Prikler, Pavel Řehořík
Details
- Original title
- Bandité pro Baladu
- Release date
- 2022-12-01
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Genres
- Drama, Documentary
- Original language
- CS
- Spoken languages
- Czech, Russian, Slovak, Ukrainian
- Countries
- Czech Republic, Slovakia
- Production
- Větrné mlýny, MPhilms, Česká televize
- Budget
- $600,000