28th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

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Obscurantist and His Lineage or The Pyramids' Tearful Valleys

director: Karel Vachek
original title: Tmář a jeho rod aneb Slzavé údolí pyramid
country: Czech Republic
year: 2011
running time: 199 min.

synopsis

FilmNOVEL about extra-terrestrial civilizations living not only in space but also on Earth. The film by the classic of Czech documentary opens by quotations from the famous operetta Mam’zelle Nitouche which is confronted with the environment of a convent, theatre and barracks. The director, too, enters these to discover and define the thin border between internal faith in God and institutionalized religion.

more about film

director: Karel Vachek
producer: Radim Procházka
script: Karel Vachek
photography: Karel Slach
editing: Renata Pařezová
sound: Libor Sedláček
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