O Slavnosti a Hostech

Plot

This experimental Czechoslovakian film seems disturbingly akin to the works of Spain's Luis Bunuel. A group of happy picnickers runs afoul of Jan Klusak, a bullying sadist who has some sort of unbreakable hold over his followers. Klusak subjects the picnickers to a cruel psychological game, wherein he plays interrogator. The ordeal comes to a brief end when a stranger (Ivan Vyskocil) arrives, apologizes for Klusak, and invites everyone to an elegant, formal outdoor banquet. But the bizarre "fun and games" continue, ending with the group embarking on a fully armed hunting party in search of a missing guest. Built on the premise of unquestioning conformity, Report on the Party and the Guests (O Slavnosti a Hostech) was a typically iconoclastic effort from the husband-and-wife director-screenwriter team of Jan Nemec and Ester Krumbachova. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Cast

• Ivan Vyskocil - Host
• Jan Klusak - Rudolf
• Jiri Nemec - Josef
• Pavel Bosek - Frantisek

Karel Mares - Karel; Evald Schorm - Husband; Zdena Skvorecka - Eva

Credit

Oldrich Bosak - Art Director, Ester Krumbachova - Costume Designer, Jan Nemec - Director, Miroslav Hajek - Editor, Karel Mares - Composer (Music Score), Jaromir Sofr - Cinematographer, Ester Krumbachova - Screenwriter, Jan Nemec - Screenwriter

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