Director:
Irena Pavlásková
Run Time: 114 minutes
Country: CZECH REPUBLIC
Year: 2009
Irena Pavlásková
Run Time: 114 minutes
Country: CZECH REPUBLIC
Year: 2009
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An Earthly Paradise for the Eyes (Zemský ráj to na pohled)
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Marta is a beautiful and intrepid production coordinator at the Prague film studios. She has two charming teenage daughters and an ex-husband who is a self-important actor. Her experience with him and all sorts of other excitable personalities—film directors, her current jealous boyfriend—has prepared her to tackle almost anything. When Marta and her family return from a camping trip, they run smack into Soviet tanks taking over Prague. Her flexibility is admirable. Though she and her intellectual friends don’t quite go about business as usual, they do find ways to cope. In AN EARTHLY PARADISE FOR THE EYES, the year 1968 marks the start of two revolutions—the Soviet-inspired and the sexual. An endearing series of men moves into and out of Marta’s life. As the nation sinks into a state of repressed status quo, petty squabbles and jealousy gradually fade. Marta’s partners - and Czechs in general - learn to mutually tolerate each other. When the authorities begin persecuting the signers of Charter 77, Marta and her daughters are caught up in the turmoil. An ebullient Vilma Cibulková as Marta won the Best Actress award at the Moscow Film Festival. (In Czech with subtitles) – B.B.
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| Sidebars | Central and Eastern European Film Competition |
| Producer | Jaroslav Kucera, Viktor Schwarcz, Jordi Niubo, Veronika Schwarczová |
| Screenplay | Tereza Boucková |
| Cinematography | Diviš Marek |
| Editing | Alois Fisárek |
| Principal Cast | Vilma Cibulková, Miroslav Etzler, Tereza Kořišková, Dana Marková |
| Director Bio | Irena Pavlásková is an internationally acclaimed, award-winning director, screenwriter, and producer. She graduated from the prestigious Film Academy in Prague. |
| Select Filmography | “Time of the Servants” (1989), “Corpus delicti” (1991), “Cas dluhu” (1998), “Bestiar” (2007), AN EARTHLY PARADISE FOR THE EYES (2009) |
| Print Source |
Czech Television jitka.prochazkova@ceskatelevize.cz www.zemskyraj.com |
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