66 Sezón (2003)

Name: 66 Sezón
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2004-05-22T10:36:19+02:00

Documentary | 86 minutes

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Genre: Documentary

Duration: 86 minuten

Alternative title: 66 Seasons

Country: Slovakia / Czech Republic

Directed by: Péter Kerekes

IMDb score: 7,2 (113)

Releasedate: 12 May 2003

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66 Sezón plot

The great-grandfather of director Peter Kerekes had bad bronchial tubes and therefore traveled from Romania to Kosice in Slovakia during the Habsburg Empire. "Actually, he would have wanted to go to sea," Kerekes' grandmother said in an interview at the public swimming pool in Kosice. "What else do I need to say?" she then asks. Such moments, which are normally left out, are omitted by Kerekes in his film. In addition to consultation with or between interviewees, he also shows the preparation of fake archive recordings. He walks around the pool with old Slovaks and has them pick someone who resembles their younger selves. They are introduced to each other, after which Kerekes makes 8mm recordings with the young people, in which the elderly tell their melancholy and often sad stories. Besides beauty and youthful flirtation, they also talk about war and loss.