Insect

Insect

2DESCV12
Director:Jan Švankmajer
Cast:Jan Budař, Jaromír Dulava, Jiří Lábus, Norbert Lichý
Premiere:19. February 2018
Length:98 minutes
Genre:Comedy, Drama

Nový film Jana Švankmajera

Director: Jan Švankmajer  •  Scenario: Jan Švankmajer  •  Cast: Jan Budař, Jaromír Dulava, Jiří Lábus, Norbert Lichý, Kamila Magálová, Ivana Uhlířová

The picture opens with a group of six amateur actors meeting to rehearse the second act of The Insect Play. During the rehearsal, however, their lives begin to merge with those of their characters in the play, and the actors start behaving like insects: The amateur director/Mr. Cricket bullies to death his rival in love, Mr. Fly, and fathers a baby Cricket with the aging Rose/Mrs. Cricket. The railway man Nettle, playing the role of Parasite, devours Miss Jilly/the Larva, while the ever-so-diligent Mr. Forest rolls his ball as the Dung-Beetle.

Length: 98 min

Year: 2018
Local premiere date: 19. February 2018

Country of origin:

  • Czech Republic

Nový film Jana Švankmajera

Director: Jan Švankmajer  •  Scenario: Jan Švankmajer  •  Cast: Jan Budař, Jaromír Dulava, Jiří Lábus, Norbert Lichý, Kamila Magálová, Ivana Uhlířová

The picture opens with a group of six amateur actors meeting to rehearse the second act of The Insect Play. During the rehearsal, however, their lives begin to merge with those of their characters in the play, and the actors start behaving like insects: The amateur director/Mr. Cricket bullies to death his rival in love, Mr. Fly, and fathers a baby Cricket with the aging Rose/Mrs. Cricket. The railway man Nettle, playing the role of Parasite, devours Miss Jilly/the Larva, while the ever-so-diligent Mr. Forest rolls his ball as the Dung-Beetle.

Year: 2018
Local premiere date: 19. February 2018

Country of origin:

  • Czech Republic