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Winter Flies
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Wikipedia article
'Winter Flies' is a 2018 Czech-Slovak-Polish-Slovenian co-production road movie drama by Slovenian director Olmo Omerzu. It premiered at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival on 1 July 2018.
Olmo Omerzu has won a Best Director Award at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. It was selected as the Czech entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.
Plot
The film follows two boys - Mra and Hedu. Hedu runs away from home. He joins Mra who tells him that he is running away from home. They drive through countryside in a Mra's car. They meet hitchhiker Bra who joins them. Both boys dream about having sex with her but she locks herself in the car during night and boys have to sleep outside. Mra reveals to Hedu that he goes to his grandfather who is a retired military officer. Boys eventually get to Mra's grandfather who suffers a heart attack and boys get him to hospital. Mra is later arrested by 2 police officers who interrogate him. The film ends when Hedu creates an incident outside the police station which allows Mra to escape.
Cast
* Tom Mrvk as Mra
* Jan Frantiek Uher as Hedu
* Elika Kenkov as Bra
* Lenka Vlaskov as Policewoman
* Martin Pechlt as Policeman
Production
Petr Pcha has written radio play inspired by a story he read on an internet. His play was refused for vulgarity and he decide to rewrite it to a film screenplay. Pcha saw Omerzu's previous film A Night Too Young and decided to ask Omerzu to direct the film. Omerzu liked it and started preparations of the film. Casting for main roles took very long Omerzu wante non-actors who can find themselves in their characters. The film was mostly shot in North Bohemia.
Release
The film premiered at 2018 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. The film had a journalist projection on 24 August 2018. It was followed by press conference during which filmmakers were questioned about the film. The film was distributed to Czech cinemas on 4 September 2018 and later presented at multiple International film festivals.
Reception
Accolades
See also
* List of submissions to the 91st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
* List of Czech submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
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