Czech Films 2004-2005 2005 / Post coitum / Czech Republic 2004
A tale of relationships that never suffered the passing of love because there was never any to begin with. Jakubisko’s original "spine-chilling comedy" about the search for love at any cost.
Four men and five women: nine different characters with their own needs and desires. Each represents the current consumer culture with its characteristic ethics, each tries to acquire love and happiness at any cost. The main path to attaining this goal is purely functional sex. They become the protagonists of a rollicking game that eventually leaves them cold. They meet in bed in various combinations, which dramatically influences their lives in ways they could never have imagined. Out of the tangle of relationships, the mini-episodes of their lives gradually move towards a unified story of love and sex — towards a story of relationships that love could never trickle out of because there was never any to begin with. Jakubisko’s modern, controversial tale, taglined ‘a spinechilling comedy,’ features ever topical subject matter and ambitious artistic stylisation. The title comes from the Latin aphorism “Post coitum omne animal triste.”
104 min / Color, 35 mm
Director Juraj Jakubisko
/ Screenplay Marcel Bystroň, Juraj Jakubisko
/ Dir. of Photography Ján Ďuriš
/ Music Andrej Turok
/ Editor Alois Fišárek, Juraj Jakubisko
/ Producer Deana Jakubisková - Horváthová
/ Production Jakubisko Film s.r.o. koprodukce/co-production jakubisko Film Slovakia s.r.o., ACE a.s., AMP s.r.o. - Studio Virtual
/ Cast Franco Nero, Richard Krajčo, Jiří Langmajer, Mira Nosek, Mahulena Bočanová, Lucie Vondráčková, Sandra Pogodová, Eva Elsnerová, Beata Greneche
/ Contact Jakubisko Film s.r.o., Filmexport Group Srl., Bontonfilm, a.s.
Juraj Jakubisko (b. 1938, Kojšov, Slovakia) graduated in direction from Prague’s Film Academy (FAMU) in 1966, then debuted with the trademark drama Crucial Years (1967). His next films, The Deserter and the Nomads (1968), Birds, Orphans and Fools (1969) and See You in Hell, Friends (1970/1990) were banned by communist censors. As of the late sixties he was only allowed to work in television or make shorts, his return to full-length dramas finally coming in 1979. Other features: Build a House, Plant a Tree (1979), Infidelity, Slovak-Style (1981), A Thousand-Year-Old Bee (1983), The Feather Fairy (1985), Freckled Max and the Spooks (1987), Sitting on a Branch, Enjoying Myself (1989), It’s Better to Be Wealthy and Healthy Than Poor and Ill (1992), An Ambiguous Report About the End of the World (1997), Post coitum (2004). He has won a number of top international awards for his work. Since 1998 he has been a member of the European Film Academy.
Jakubisko Film s.r.o.
Palác Lucerna, 116 02, Praha 1
Czech Republic
Phone: +420 296 23 65 00
Fax: +420 296 236 383
E-mail: [email protected]
Filmexport Group Srl.
Via Del Pianeta Urano 60, 001 44, Rome
Italy
Phone: +39 065 220 743 2
Fax: +39 065 227 841 6
E-mail: [email protected]
Bontonfilm, a.s.
Na Poříčí 1047/26, 110 00, Praha 1
Czech Republic
Phone: +420 257 415 111
E-mail: [email protected]
Juraj Jakubisko
Film Director / Producer
Beata Greneche
Actor
Sandra Pogodova
Actor
Lucie Vondráčková
Actor
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