Traps
Time Out says
Gender questions thread through all Chytilová's work, albeit posed in widely differing ways. Here the rape of a vet, Lenka (Stivinová), by two men (Donutil and Hanák) prompts a revenge enquiry by both 'victim' and film-maker on the structures and mindsets that condone such a violation. Yet the director's approach is at once both tragic and comic. Commerce, careerism, new economy excess and satirical/allegorical informants all play their part, but it's the cutting edge of the vet's response that anchors the gaudy darkness of Chytilová's vision.
Details
Release details
Duration:
124 mins
Cast and crew
Director:
Vera Chytilová
Screenwriter:
Vera Chytilová, Michal Laznovsky, Tomas Hanák, David Vávra
Cast:
Miroslav Donutil
Dasa Blahova
Zuzana Stivinová
Tomas Hanák
Daniela Trebická
Katerina Hajná
Eva Holubová
David Vavra
Lubos Svoboda
Dasa Blahova
Zuzana Stivinová
Tomas Hanák
Daniela Trebická
Katerina Hajná
Eva Holubová
David Vavra
Lubos Svoboda