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ArtsUnusual love triangle (and cows) at centre of new Czech film Country Teacher
The latest film by the Czech director Bohdan Sláma Venkovský Učitel –
Country Teacher – opened at cinemas around the Czech Republic on
Thursday. In keeping with its creator’s previous pictures, Venkovský
Učitel is a naturalistic and poignant drama. But the love triangle at its
centre is rather unusual in the context of Czech cinema. More
Current AffairsGeislerova shows how DIY charity is done
Ana Geislerova is one of the Czech Republic's most popular young actresses,
having appeared in hit films such as "Sileni", or
"Lunacy", and "Kraska v Nesnazich", or "Beauty in
Trouble", which is in theaters now. All this past weekend, however,
she's been doing something a little different: running a charity swap
meet.
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ArtsJan Hrebejk's Beauty in Trouble / Jan Tomanek on animated film
This week's Arts focuses on Czech film. Jan Velinger looks at "Beauty
in Trouble" - a new feature by director Jan Hrebejk - while Jarka
Halkova talks to the creator of a new animated movie currently in
production.
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Current AffairsComedy from catastrophe: Award-winning director debuts play about flooding of 2002
Award-winning director and Czech native Alice Nellis has a new play making
its debut this Sunday at the Theatre on the Balustrade in Prague's Old
Town. Her films Eeny Meeny and Some Secrets both won a host of trophies,
but since 2002 she's stayed away from the silver screen and worked mostly
on stage. Her newest work, titled Zaplavy or "Floods" in
English, a comedy inspired in part by the catastrophic floods of 2002, is
her first original production to appear onstage.
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Current AffairsSomething Like Happiness clinches Best Film award at San Sebastian
"Something Like Happiness", a new film by Czech director Bohdan
Slama, won its first major success on the international stage at the
weekend, clinching the Best Film award at the prestigious San Sebastian
film festival. To add to the film's success, Ana Geislerova won Best
Actress for her portrayal of a woman suffering from severe mental problems
in the film, about ordinary people trying to survive the trials and
tribulations of life. Tomas Baldynsky is a film critic for the magazine
Reflex.
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Press ReviewPress Review
In today's papers U.S. Microsoft magnate Bill Gates' visit to Prague and
the Czech film Zelary's nomination for Best Foreign Language film at the
Academy awards vie for top story - with featuring a photo of
U.S. actress Sigourney Weaver and the chairman of the film academy Frank
Pierson announcing the nominees. Writes the paper Zelary will face off
against the Swedish drama "Evil", as well as a Japanese historic
film called "The Twilight Samurai", the Dutch film "Twin
Sisters", and French-Canadian satire "The Barbarian
Invasions", directed by well-known Quebec filmmaker Denys Arcand.
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