America
Vladimír Michálek chose an unconventional adaptation of Kafka's novel for his feature debut. Artistically reminiscent of the classic films of Karel Zeman, the director reinterpreted this dark story of a man vainly seeking a place in a rigidly ordered society by changing the desperate conclusion into a happy end.
- Amerika
- Czechia 1994
- 85 min.
- Přístupný
Vladimír Michálek's film is a postmodernist vision of Franz Kafka's unfinished novel The Man Who Disappeared,. A young Czech (Martin Dejdar) arrives in America at the beginning of the 20th century, a land of great rises and great downfalls. His uncle (Jiří Lábus) is the richest man in America. He accepts his nephew as his own son on the condition of absolute submission. In harsh conditions, so far from idyllic Europe, the young man doesn't withstand. He is harshly and unexpectedly rejected by his uncle. America turns the other cheek – he becomes an outcast with no future. The film's vision, however, offers him some hope.
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1994 – Jiří Lábus (Best Supporting Actor)
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