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Honeymoon
- Director: Jan Hrebejk
- Writer: Petr Jarchovský
- Producer: Jan Kadlec Jr.; Michal Kollar
CGiii Comment
A dark, dark film...filmed in bright sunlight.
The director asks a lot from his audience...namely, patience and a suspension of disbelief...a creepy chap turns up - uninvited - at a wedding and is not immediately ejected.
It takes a while - half of the film - to find out who he is...the underlying menace is skillfully handled...the director leads you down several paths.
The film has three main problems...there's too much faffing around with the elongated wedding, it could have been more brutal/disturbing...and, the ending is particularly weak and unsatisfying.
Technically, it looks beautiful...there is talent on show - it just needs a little tweaking.
Definitely, worth watching.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
A psychological drama from the present day, in which the fate of the characters is swayed by hidden guilt, is a story about the impossibility of keeping the past hidden from others, and especially from oneself. The story starts at a marriage of a couple in their thirties, Radim and Tereza. Among the marriage guests appears Jan, local optician and a character whose relation to the newlyweds is unknown. He is considered to be one of many friends of Radim and Tereza by the guests at first, but his unnerving behavior and remarks create a thick air, dangerous even. The uninvited guest has not appeared by chance and gradually it's revealed he's tied to the groom by common infancy and coming of age in a boarding school. A story of brutal bullying resulting in a suicide appears from the past... An intimate psychological thriller situated in a sunny summer marriage in the country.
Cast & Characters
Anna Geislerova as Tereza;
Stanislav Majer as Radim;
Jiri Cerny as Benda;
Borivoj Cermak as Filip;
Daniela Choderova as Filip's mother;
David Maj as Milan;
Kristyna Novakova as Renata;
Juraj Nvota as Priest;
Jiri Sestak as Karel;
Matej Zikan as Dominik