Intimate Lighting
Directed by IVAN PASSER
Starring ZDENEK BEZUSEK KAREL BLAZEK MIROSLAV CVRK
1965
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People love making lists of their favourite movies. Sometimes we even narrow things down by specifying, one of the jewels of the so-called ‘Czech New Wave’, it would surely feature on more lists adjudicating the funniest films of all time. The set-up is simplicity defined: a concert cellist from Prague heads to the countryside with his wife to spend some time with an old pal, himself a violinist in a local orchestra. They hang out with the extended family, attend a funeral, sit down for a chicken dinner and stay up late nipping at the homemade brandy. There are no plot developments or dramatic events, Passer just captures the rough textures of family life.
