Year: 2018
Country:
CZECHIA
Language:
Czech
Run Time:
85 minutes
When rebellious, angsty, and secretly sweet Mara decides to run away from home in a stolen Audi, his plans for a solo adventure are thwarted by Hedus, an overweight, clumsy younger boy who insists on joining him (in full camo gear). As the unlikely friends set out on a road trip across Czechia, their journey is anything but smooth. After a series of comically twisted events, their dreams of starting a new life are halted after Mara is picked up for driving underage. As Mara recounts his tale to a police officer, the audience glimpses the full story in pieces, quickly realizing what Mara discloses to the officer isn’t exactly the truth. Complete with a canine sidekick, a fantastic escape scene, and the cringeworthy sexual frustrations of teenage boys, WINTER FLIES is the wonderfully strange, oddly magical coming-of-age film you didn’t know you were waiting for. (In Czech with subtitles) —G.S.
Czechia's Best Foreign Language Oscar® Submission
Thursday, April 04, 2019 at 4:55 PM
Saturday, April 06, 2019 at 7:40 PM
Sunday, April 07, 2019 at 9:05 AM
Competition
George Gund III Memorial Central and Eastern European Competition
Director
Olmo Omerzu
Olmo Omerzu was born in Ljubljana, Slovenia in 1984. He studied at FAMU in Prague, where he directed several short and feature films.
Filmography
A Night Too Young (2012), Family Film (2016), WINTER FLIES (2018)
Producer
Jiří Konečný
Screenwriting
Petr Pýcha
Cinematography
Lukáš Milota
Editing
Jana Vlčková
Principal Cast
Tomáš Mrvík, Jan František Uher, Eliška Křenková, Lenka Vlasáková, Martin Pechlát
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