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Eccentricities of a Blond hair Girl English Strawberries (Anglické jahody)
(Singularidades de uma Rapariga Loura)
PORTUGAL / FRANCE / SPAIN CZECH REPUBLIC
For the three young seekers – two Czech, one Russian – at the heart of
Director: Manoel de Oliveira
At age 100, Portuguese filmmaker Manoel de Oliveira has updated a tale
Director: Vladimír Drha Vladimír Drha’s touching story about yearning, August 21, 1968, dawns
Executive Producer: Jacques Arhiex
of old romance for the modern world. Macário is a bookkeeper working
Producers: Jaroslav Kucera, unreal as Soviet forces invade Czechoslovakia to put an end to its experi-
Screenwriter: Manoel de Oliveira at his uncle’s warehouse. Out of the window of his office, he spies the
Pavel Melounek, Milos Petana,
ment in “socialism with a human face.” For those swept up in the tide of
David Prudky
Cinematographer: Sabine Lancelin eponymous character playing flirtatiously with a Chinese fan. Instantly,
history, nothing will ever be the same again.
Screenwriter: Martin Safránek
Editors: Manoel de Oliveira,
he falls in love and proposes marriage. Her mother agrees, but his uncle,
MS: A to Z
Catherine Krassovsky disapproving of the match, fires him and boots him out of his home.
Cinematographer: Vladimír Krepelka
On the crucial day, Tomás (Ivan Lupták) is preparing to set out for
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Cast: Ricardo Trêpa, After fleeing to Cape Verde to make his fortune, he returns to claim his
Editor: Boris Machytka England and a new life. Meanwhile, his sometime girlfriend Tána (Marie
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Catarina Wallenstein,
bride – only to make a discovery that even his ardor cannot conquer.
Cast: Ivan Luptak, Marie Stipkova, Stípková) is coping with pregnancy by another man. And a fresh-faced
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Diogo Dória, Júlia Buisel,
Richard Zevel, Alexej Bardukov,
Russian soldier, Lebedev (Alexej Bardukov), has deserted his unit on the
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Leonor Silveira, Luís Miguel Cintra, Alexander Minajev
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outskirts of Prague, armed only with the romantic notion of making his
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Glória de Matos, Filipe Vargas,
Based on a short story by renowned nineteenth-century writer José
2008 / color, b&w / 114 min.
way to the glamorous French resort of Biarritz. Amid alternating waves
Rogério Samora, Miguel Guilherme
Maria Eça de Queirós, this economical love story (running just over an
of distrust and fellow feeling, the fates of this trio collide.
2009 / color / 64 min.
hour) is framed by a confession to a stranger on a train. Obeying the
decorum of an earlier era, de Oliveira treats the physical side of courtship
with the same coquettishness that the blond-haired girl uses to beguile
VLaDiMÍr Drha Drha and screenwriter Martin Safránek say that documentaries about
Macário – cutting away from kisses to let hand-holding convey depth of
Vladimír Drha is a highly celebrated
the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia don’t tell the whole story. So
ManoEL DE oLiVEira
figure in the world of Czech film and
passion, all while cherishing the beauty his protagonist finds along the
they decided to make a multilayered drama about the interpersonal
Born in 1908, Manoel de Oliveira is the
television. Producing narrative and
and psychological impact of the moment. The troubles of Tomas, Tanya,
oldest director working today.
way: art, poetry, and music, including a passage by Debussy played on a
documentary films as well as some of
A prolific filmmaker, Oliveira has
harp, figure as heavily as characters. the most successful television series
and Lebedev contrast with the sometimes comic effects the invasion
made a feature every year since
in the Czech Republic, Drha has been
has on Tomas’s parents and grandmother, who have lived not only
1990 – except in 2001, when he made
The director, who has dozens of films to his credit, is currently the oldest
recognized both at home and abroad. with Communism but through the terror of Hitler. Underscoring the
two. Highly respected in Europe,
active filmmaker in the world. He recalls with affection a childhood
fantastic quality of the day is the subtly made discovery that another
he was presented with the Venice
Selected Filmography
war is being fought nearby, this one make-believe: an American movie
International Film Festival’s Lifetime
spent watching the work of Georges Méliès, Charlie Chaplin, and Max
The Conception of My Younger Brother
Achievement Award in 2004.
Linder, and he has been honored with numerous awards from major film
crew is shooting The Bridge at Remagen – a World War II epic complete
(2000)
festivals, including Venice, Cannes (where he earned a Golden Palm for
The Pearl Maiden (1997)
with hundreds of uniformed extras portraying US GIs and German
Selected Filmography
lifetime achievement in 2008), and Berlin, which this year honored him The Suffering of Imagination (1990)
combat units. Before the day is over, irony, absurdity, and tragedy come
Christopher Columbus, The Enigma
with a Berlinale Camera.
How a Man Gives Birth (1980) together in the Czech countryside.
(2007)
Magic Mirror (2005)
Sponsored by:
US pREMiERE
Porto of My Childhood (2001)
In cooperation with: Café prague
The Convent (1995)
The Cannibals (1988)
Francisca (1981)
Past and Present (1972)
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