Dukovany – A Boiling Cauldron

Drahomíra Vihanová / Czechoslovakia / 1987 / The film already had its Czech Premiere / 19 min.

synopsis

A nuclear reactor and a factory canteen, the jargon of engineers, and the earthy language of cooks. In her film-survey, the sensitive observer Vihanová observes two contrasting worlds that meet at the Dukovany nuclear power plant during a hydrostatic test on Unit II of the EDU. Science and life are permeated by Badinerie, from Bach’s Orchestral Suite in B minor. Art gives both worlds greatness.

biography

Drahomíra Vihanová (1930–2017) studied musicology and aesthetics at Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Brno, and piano at the conservatory there. In 1965, she graduated in feature film directing and editing from FAMU. Her debut film, Zabitá neděle (A Squandered Sunday, 1969), was banned, followed by Pevnost (The Fortress, 1994), and in the meantime, she was prohibited from directing feature films.