28th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

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ABCD

ABCD

director: Pavol Sýkora
original title: ABCD
country: Czechoslovakia
year: 1969
running time: 16 min.

synopsis

With almost no commentary, this portrait of a young rural early-grade schoolteacher shows the tenacity of a woman who must battle daily snowdrifts on her skis to reach her job. The filmmaker interweaves shots of mundane tasks in lyrical compositions presenting poetic views of the landscape.

“Sýkora’s themes revolve around insignificant people who find themselves in extreme social or psychological situations. In each case, he has grown humanly fond of his protagonists.” Rudolf Urc

more about film

director: Pavol Sýkora
producer: Vojtěch Mladý
script: Pavol Sýkora
photography: Mikuláš Fodor
editing: Stanislava Jendraššáková
music: Ilja Zeljenka
sound: Eduard Palček
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