Ohjaus:
David OndříčekKuvaus:
Richard ŘeřichaSävellys:
Jan P. MuchowNäyttelijät:
Marek Taclík, Klára Issová, Ladislav Mrkvička, Jaromír Dulava, Jaroslav Plesl, Dita Zábranská, Jaroslav Rudiš, Kamil Halbich, Igor Chmela (lisää)Juonikuvaukset(1)
Grandhotel is a place between the sky and earth. A place flowing with clouds and human desires. This metaphorical tale is set in a famous hotel overlooking Liberec. In it, Vlasta Fleischman is working as a guard and a prisoner at the same time, as both a repairman and an amateur meteorologist who wants to get as close to the skies as his life will permit. But he has reached its limit. Only birds and fools can get any higher and Fleischman constantly wishes to be a bird someday. For Fleischman, Liberec is both a cage and a place which binds him to an old promise, keeping him from surpassing its borders. Every day Fleischman thinks about just one thing – how to take off and fly away from the hotel, from Liberec, from his far-from-successful life. A fool would construct wings but Fleischman is sewing a hot air balloon to fly away in. He is no fool. The day would have quickly arrived if Ilja had not entered his life. This silent chambermaid draws Fleischman’s thoughts back to earth because this is where his heart belongs. But Ilja is not single, she has long been suffering in her relationship with Patka, an arrogant waiter who is the perfect reason to hide in the clouds. Patka doesn’t want to let Ilja go, confident that everything he does in his life is done for the two of them. And for her. For happiness on earth. However, Ilja is attracted, upwards, to Fleischman. (jakelijan virallinen teksti)
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Arvostelut (4)
There are so many strange characters in one place that it makes for an interesting and beautiful mosaic of fates that is ultimately very positive. The actors give the performances that are expected of their roles, and I enjoyed this film. To be honest, I didn't know what to expect from it, and it pleasantly surprised me.
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I like Rudiš's bookish post-punks and Ondříček's visuals that go to the free level of the Schengen Area. But this merger of Liberec's weirdos grinds like a tram on an unpolished track. The shallow catchphrases and the coldly refined romance simply don't disguise the fact that only the German officer goes under the surface, and the rest of it floats along like a hand-sewn balloon. It’s graceful, but also an eyesore.
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Suffocated, eccentric, erotomaniac, psychopathic. The Ještěd Mountain is full of unbearably micro-dimensional characters who annoy you to such an extent that I was ultimately looked forward to those meaningless long shots of the mountaintop radio transmitter with Marek Taclík staring off in the distance, with Jan P. Muchow occasionally breaking into beautiful melodies in the background. Otherwise, I'm annoyed by this view of the world where everyone is either selfish or stupid, and those who carefully hide some peculiarity deserve happiness.
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Another Czech ode to smallness. But what's the point of Ještěd with clouds when only Ladislav Mrkvička and Jaromír Dulava are doing any meaningful acting? And yet neither of them is Schmeling... And what about Tatiana Vilhelmová's cameo? Beyond that, I was bored with the lifelessness of Klára Issová's nudity and the unintentionally retro-looking hotel interiors. The cut storyline with Vanda Hybner is fascinating.
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Kuvagalleria (28)
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