Film Archive

Two Ships

East of the West Competition 2021 / Marťanské lodě / Czech Republic, Norway 2021

Eliška (Eliška Křenková) meets Martin (Martin Kyšperský) at a birthday party and then invites him to one of her lectures. They clearly hit it off right from the start and, with Brno serving primarily as a backdrop, their romantic adventure begins to gather momentum… A lyrical film which prompts us to consider whether we can really know and understand another human being, and whether love itself is enough.

Synopsis

Psychologist Eliška meets Martin, a musician, at a birthday party and then invites him to one of her lectures. They clearly hit it off right from the start and, with Brno serving primarily as a backdrop, their romantic adventure begins to gather momentum… As manifested in his debut, the road documentary Amerika, director Jan Foukal again demonstrates a rare gift for capturing seemingly elusive feelings, fleeting moments of harmony, true happiness and understanding. Actress Eliška Křenková and musician Martin Kyšperský create the central roles with delicacy and fragile spontaneity in a lyrical film which prompts us to consider whether we can really know and understand another human being, and whether love itself is enough.

Lenka Tyrpáková

About the film

76 min / Color, DCP
World premiere
Director Jan Foukal / Screenplay Zdeněk Jecelín podle knihy / based on the work by Martin Kyšperský / Dir. of Photography Jan Šuster / Music Albert Romanutti / Editor Josef Krajbich / Art Director Ondřej Lipenský / Producer Silvie Michajlova, Ondřej Zima / Production FILM KOLEKTIV / Coproduction Česká televize, Storm Films AS / Cast Eliška Křenková, Martin Kyšperský, Agáta Červinková, Jan Strejcovský, Anita Krausová / Contact FILM KOLEKTIV s.r.o. / Distributor Falcon a.s.

About the director

Jan Foukal (1979, Prague). Selected filmography: Hello Babu (2006, short doc.), Egon Bondy’s Last Lecture (2009, short doc.), The Making Of (2011, short doc.), Amerika (2015, doc.), Two Ships (2021).