Melbourne Cinémathèque & ACMI present
Larks on a String
When
Wed 9 Oct 2024
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Shot on the heels of the Prague Spring and subsequently banned by the Czechoslovak government, Menzel’s pointed political satire was finally released after the fall of the Communist government in late 1989, winning the Golden Bear at the 40th Berlin International Film Festival. Adapted from a novel by acclaimed Czech writer Bohumil Hrabal, and set in the 1950s, it follows a group of political dissidents sent to be re-educated by working in a scrap metal yard, where dark humour is mined from a bleak reality. With Rudolf Hrušínský (The Cremator) and Vlastimil Brodský.
Presented in partnership with the Czech and Slovak Film Festival of Australia.
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Australia's longest-running film society, Melbourne Cinémathèque screens significant works of international cinema in the medium they were created, the way they would have originally screened.
Melbourne Cinémathèque is self-administered, volunteer-run, not-for-profit and membership-driven.
