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Flower Buds (Poupata) (Czech Republic, 2011)

Flower Buds (2011)
May 10, 2013 - 7:30 pm
In-person: 
Zdeněk Jiráský.

Directed by Zdeněk Jiráský

A bleakly humorous snapshot of life in a snowy and remote Czech town, Flower Buds tracks with clear-eyed tenderness the intersecting hardships and hopes of its residents, centering on the Hrdina family: Jarda, a train signal operator with a gambling problem, his wife Kamila, who pines for her lost youth, and their restless teenage children.

Cineart TV Prague. Producer: Viktor Schwarcz. Screenwriter: Zdeněk Jiráský. Cinematographer: Vladimír Smutný. Editor: Petr Turyna. Cast: Vladimír Javorský, Malgorzata Pikus, Marika Soposká, Miroslav Pánek, Natalie Rehorova.

35mm, color, in Czech with English subtitles, 90 min.