Surviving Life (Theory and Practice)

Surviving Life (Theory and Practice)

2010 · 105 min · CS · 7.0 (36 votes)
Dir. Jan Švankmajer · Starring Václav Helšus, Klára Issová, Daniela Bakerová, Zuzana Kronerová, Marcel Nemec, Pavel Nový · Music Jan Kalinov
AnimationComedyFantasyDrama

Eugene, an aging man, leads a double life – one real, the other in his dreams. He goes to see a psychoanalyst, who tries to interpret the meaning of his dreams. Eugene finds a way of entering his dream-world at will and finds out about his childhood and what really happened to his parents.

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A deeply introspective journey where the lines between reality and dreams blur. It's a wistful, surreal exploration of memory and the subconscious, best savored alone.

surrealmelancholicintrospectivewistfulslow-burnarthouse animationsurrealismpsychological dramadreamsmemorychildhood traumaidentity