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Czech Dream

Český sen, Czech Republic, 2004, 87 min, 35 mm, Adventure and Sports, Entertainment, IDF Video Library, Mockumentary, Society
Prague, Czech Republic, 31 May, 2003, a few minutes before 10a.m.; there are more than 3000 people jostling on a remote parking place. Many of them are clutching plastic bags in their hands; some of them are armed with trolley. Assistants are handing out plastic cups and the host on the lit stage urges people to have a drink from the nearby water tanker. The "hyper-anthem" of CZECH DREAM rings out once again from the speakers: "Try to see as a child, many things will seem wild..." Suddenly the managers of the hypermarket rush out on stage, greet their customers and briskly cut the glittering ribbon. Guards remove the metal barriers and the crowd starts moving. They still have 300 metres to reach the hypermarket. People start running... A moment later, the fastest of them are struck dumb: the hypermarket that they have reached is nothing but a huge film decoration... The documentary hyper-comedy CZECH DREAM is a feature film about a hypermarket that never existed.
An original, cheeky treatise on capitalism, with more than a whiff of exploitation, “Czech Dream” follows two film students who used a state grant to promote the opening of an entirely fictitious bigbox mega-market in a Prague field. The resulting scandal, alternately hilarious and discomforting, illuminates the waking nightmare of cosumerism in a country still adjusting to the strenghts and pitfalls of the concept. -- Eddie Cockrell, Variety
Director:
Vít Klusák, Filip Remunda
Original idea:
Vít Klusák, Filip Remunda
Screenplay:
Vít Klusák, Filip Remunda
Producer:
Vít Klusák, Filip Remunda, Michal Reitler, Damián Kaušitz, Petr Král, Ivan Hronec, Michal Bregant, Irena Taskovski
Executive producer:
Roman Blaas, Filip Čermák, Jaroslav Petr
Dramaturgy:
Anna Becková, Rudolf Růžička, Jan Gogola ml.
Director of photography:
Vít Klusák, Jaromír Kalina
Editor:
Zdeněk Marek
Sound:
Michal Gábor, David Hysek
Languages:
Czech
Subtitles:
English
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