Sucho
Dry Season
The latest film by Bohdan Sláma, familiar to German audiences from works such as DER DORFLEHRER (The Country Teacher) or WILDE BIENEN (Wild Bees), again takes us to the countryside. This time to the idyllic Moravian Tuscany, a region plagued by drought in these times of climate change. Neighbours Josef and Viktor live opposing lifestyles that bring them into conflict with one another: one leads an alternative existence in harmony with nature, the other sprays plant toxins and works the land in the way he learned from his father. Viktor's son Míra and Josef's daughter Žofka, who fall in love, take issue with the way their fathers and grandfathers live and rebel.
Sláma's previous films also speak of his strong emotional connection to country life. Here he combines current issues such as nature conservation, climate change and the urban-rural divide with a modern family drama in which the views of several generations and different world views clash.
Text: Christina Frankenberg
06.11.2024 | 17:30 | Glad-House (original version with English subtitles + simultaneous translation into German)
10.11.2024 | 15:30 | Obenkino (original version with English subtitles)
Bohdan Slàma
Diviš Marek
Sebastian Schmidt
Jakub Kudlác
Bohdan Sláma - Born in 1967 in Opava, Czech Republic, he studied feature film directing at Prague Film School FAMU. His debut feature, Wild Bees, won a Tiger Award at its international premiere in Rotterdam in 2002. His follow-up feature, Something Like Happiness, premiered internationally in 2005 at the Donostia San Sebastian, winning both the Main Prize and Best Actress Award. It has been sold into more than 20 territories worldwide. Country Teacher, screened at Venice in 2008. Variety named him one of "10 Directors to Watch" in 2009. Sundance Film Festival screened his feature Four Suns in competition in 2012 and his following film Ice Mother was premiered in Tribeca in 2017. Since 2013 he has been working as a head of the Department of Directing at FAMU.
