1969 · slovak · surreal · carnival
Celebration in the Botanical Garden
Directed by Elo Havetta1h 23m1969
Maria, an inn keeper, is always a bride but never a wife. She meets newcomer Pierre, who disturbs the peace of the small village and teaches the locals how to enjoy life. E. Havetta's debut was inspired by naïve art, French impressionism, silent slap-stick and Western Slovakian folk traditions.
Our read: Celebration in the Botanical Garden (1969) reads as a warm, kinetic, surreal slovak · surreal · carnival entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Warm, kinetic, measured slovak / surreal, surreal in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
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- surreal
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