第七日，第八夜

简介：Thisapocalypticparablecarrieswithinitaclearechoofthe1968invasionofCzechoslovakia.ThisunfivingexplorationoftheCzechmentalitytellsthetaleofatroupeofwanderingactorswhoperformapassionplayinsomeunnamedvillage.Fearofsomeunknowndangerbreaksoutinthevillage,whichiscutofffromthesurroundingworld.Stupidity,selfishnessandaggressivenessthenetothesurfaceinthissocietyunderthreat.Inthefilm'skeyscene,awomanisrapedbytheself-styledleader.ZdenukMahler,whowouldlaterworkonForman'sexaminationMozAmadeus,workedonthescript.ThedirectorEvaldSchorm(1929-1988)wasoneofthemostoriginalmembersoftheCzechNewWave.Duringthenormalizationera,Schormspentmanyyearsunabletodirect.Hislastfilm,KillingwithKindness(1988)wasonlymadeinthetwilightyearsofCommunism.Duringthatperiodwhenhewasunabletodirectfilms,hebecameanoutstandingstagedirector.HedirectedgroundbreakingductionsattheNazábradlíTheaterandLaternaMagika.