Czech romanticism goes hard: a poem about execution, desire, and doom.
After success of Kytice, which is based on the famous collection of poems of K.J.Erben, one of the most well-known character of classic Czech literature, Mr. Brabec went for even more famous poem Máj of K.H. Mácha, which is considered the peak of Czech romanticism
Cinematography
Brabec shoots nature like it's judging the characters.
Score
Music that makes 85 minutes feel like centuries.
Director
F. A. Brabec
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Mácha wrote 'Máj' in 1836 and died at 26, making this essentially autobiographical teenage angst immortalized as national literature.
Brabec's habit of adapting Erben and Mácha suggests he's chasing something visual language can do that poetry can't — or maybe just really loves suffering in nature.
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