SNAKE BROTHERS

Part of 7th edition of Czech Film Week festival in Israel organised by Czech centre Tel Aviv.

Tel Aviv > 15.8. > 21:00
Jerusalem > 17.8. > 20:00
Haifa > 16.8. > 19:00
Holon > 16.8. > 20:30
Herzliya > 18.8. > 20:30

2015 | 111 minutes | English, Hebrew subtitles
Czech Academy Awards, best film

Guests: Lucie Žáčková, David Máj

This is a drama about people who, out of desperation, make one mistake after another while still helplessly graspingat illusion of a beautiful life. Grass Snake is a lost case. He is almost forty, he is single and unemployed and feels thatnow may be his last chance to change the course of his life. He is given an opportunity he is not going to miss. Hisbrother, Cobra, is a nutcase, an irresponsible, childish junkie who still lives with their drunkard mother. His plans aremagnificent in theory, but to make a living, he robs vacation cabins. When Grass seems to be finally reaching a pointof happiness, Cobra appears. Grass wants to give his brother a lesson, but quite fast the situation gets out of hand.

Story and screenplay: Jaroslav Žváček
Direction: Jan Prušinovský
Director of Photography: Petr Koblovský
Sound: Matěj Matuška, Michal Čech
Script editing: Petr Jarchovský
Producer: Ondřej Zima, Jan Prušinovský (OFFSIDE MEN)
Cast: Matěj Hádek, Kryštof Hádek, Jan Hájek, Lucie Polišenská, Lucie Žáčková, Jana Šulcová, David Máj...