Cesta na jihozápad
Directed by:
Zdenek SirovýScreenplay:
Jiří KřižanCinematography:
Jiří KolínComposer:
Ondřej SoukupCast:
Jiří Strach, Milan Sandhaus, Jiří Schmitzer, Zdeněk Podhůrský, Ivan Palúch, Petr Čepek, Gustav Opočenský, Petr Pospíchal, Jan Vlasák, Jiří Krytinář (more)Plots(1)
Ben is a teenage boy who, after the tragic death of his father, languishes in camp of prospectors and is forced to work for them. When the likable Chett Adams appears in town, Ben glimpses a shadow of hope for a better future. Chett not only deals with O'Brien, who is a violent card sharp, but also wants to use the winnings to send the boy to school in the southwest. But Ben's journey in search of a better life isn't straight, it's accompanied by an old prospector chased by robbers and is the hard school of life; at the end of he'll no longer be a boy, but a grown man... (Zlín Film Festival)
(more)Reviews (2)
Awesome for a Czech movie. Sirový generally does a good job, but the movie lacks pace. Perhaps he is held back a little by the books it’s based on. The beauty of the Altai, simulating Alaska extremely well, does a lot to redeem the movie, as do the acting performances. Schmitzer is the powerhouse of this and Strach looked less strange when he was young, than in his adulthood.
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