The Ambigious Report ...

"The Ambiguous Report About the End of the World" (Den tvetydige rapport om verdens undergang) er en tidløs fabel om et lille bjergsamfund, der går til grunde, da ulvene kommer - eller gør det... Filmens musik er komponeret af Ondrej Soukup.

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Filmens vises med
engelske undertekster.

The film is a timeless fable about a small mountain community that is being
destroyed, when the wolves come - or is it...? - In a remote corner of the
mountains of a Central European country there is a small community of
peasants with very little contact with the surrounding and more civilized
world. The plot focuses on strong Verona, who loses her husband, when the wolves suddenly appear during their wedding festivities. A young boy, Goran, saves her from the wolves, and in return she promises him that he can marry her daughter, Veronica, when they grow up.
Some years later, however, a circus comes to the small town. The performers settle down and are gradually becoming assimilated by the locals. When the two children grow up their feelings for each other seem to be turned in other directions: Veronica falls in love with Michael, the rather shady son of the circus director, and after some time it appears that Goran is in love with Veronica´s mother, Verona.
Like in ancient Greek drama the characters of the film are metaphors of
mankind, and the ultimate consequences of their feelings are of universal
validity. Like some other films of the late 90ies, the film is also inspired
by the millennium, and there are several references to Nostradamus and his prophecies about the end of the world.
The music was composed by Ondrej Soukup, one of the winners of our festival in 1997. This year he is a member of the festival jury.

The film will be shown with English subtitles.

Czech Republic, 1998 Length: 140 min.