»Český sen« (The Czech dream) on Dec. 6th in the series Czech Film Wednesday
28.11.2023
Our audience was allowed to vote on the Wednesday film in December and chose: “Český sen” (The Bohemian Dream). This 2004 film is a nasty documentary-satire about a supposed opening of a hypermarket.
Two students from the Prague Film School are making a very special film as their final thesis: the facade of a huge hypermarket is being built on the outskirts of Prague. At the same time, there are massive advertising campaigns for the supposedly opening market. On the day of the "opening" a show is staged, which culminates in the waiting customers running towards the market and disappointed to find that they have been thoroughly processed. Then things get high...