The Philm Club cordially invites you to the following film screening:
Intimni Osvetleni
(Intimate Lighting)
by Ivan Passer (1965)
in Czech with English subtitles
71 min.
on April 27 Friday, at 6 p.m.
in Zrinyi 14 / Room 412
This delicate comedy proves perhaps the gentlest example of all Czech new wave cinema - but also one of its genuine masterpieces. Shot in 1965, the threadbare story revolves around a countryside reunion between old musician friends Bambas and Petr. Living with his wife, mother-in-law and clutch of children, music teacher Bambas is a country mouse, even if he still dreams of a life less ordinary. When professional soloist Petr and his beautiful girlfriend Stepa arrive from the city, the contrast between their lives couldn't be more apparent.
The comedy works at different levels. Bambas' father is the film's most comic character. His vodka-fuelled braggadocio and claims of sexual conquest appear entirely absurd against the humdrum of village life. But the true magic of Intimate Lighting lies in this very banality - where wholly unremarkable protagonists unwittingly conjure up moments of breathless hilarity.