Calamity, on Friday 2.1 @17:00 at Kino Atlas

Hi everyone!

Please join us this Friday, January 2nd, for a screening of Czechoslovak comedy Calamity (Kalamita, 1982) at Kino Atlas. The movie begins at 5:15 pm. I’ll be at the Kino Atlas bar from 5 pm; please look for me (wearing a beige coat) for a drink and a chat before the screening.

In this movie, ‘[director] Věra Chytilová, the most prominent female director of the Czechoslovak New Wave and one of its most uncompromising voices, crafts a biting social satire about a shaggy, idealistic young man who quits university to become a train engineer in a small mountain town. As played in a star-making performance by the brilliant mime Boleslav Polívka, Honza embarks on a search for authenticity that brings him into head-on conflict with small-town hypocrisy, bureaucratic absurdity, and romantic entanglements with three very different women. When his train becomes trapped in an avalanche, the physical calamity mirrors the moral chaos within. Shot under difficult conditions with frequent interference from Communist authorities, the film showcases Chytilová’s signature blend of formal experimentation, absurdist slapstick, and sharp social commentary.’ (See here.)

If you’d like to join us, please purchase your own ticket here. I have seat 4, row 6.

Kind request: if you register to attend but are unable to join, please change your RSVP accordingly.

Hope to see you there!