The Sun in a Net

The Sun in a Net

1963 · 90 min · SK · 7.7 (27 votes)
Dir. Štefan Uher · Starring Marián Bielik, Jana Beláková, Eliška Nosálová, Oľga Šalagová, Pavol Chrobák, Andrej Vandlík · Music Ilja Zeljenka
Drama

Oldrich "Fajolo" Fajták (Marián Bielik), a student who directs quasi-existentialist verbal abuse at his girlfriend Bela Blazejová (Jana Beláková), takes off to a formally volunteer summer work camp at a farm where he meets her grandfather.

VIBE

A coolly detached, yet deeply felt portrait of youthful alienation. It’s a film that captures the aimless drift and intellectual posturing of a generation grappling with existential questions, all set against a backdrop of quiet observation.

melancholicintrospectivewrydisillusionedslow-burnCzech New Wavearthouseobservationaldialogue-drivenyouthful ennuiexistential dreaddisconnectioncoming-of-age
based on short story
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