Archive of films Rosy Dreams / Ružové sny

Czechoslovakia
1976, 82 min

Section: Tribute to Dušan Hanák
Year: 2008

A lyrical tragicomedy about the relationship between postman Jakub who comes from a “respectable” white family, and Jolanka who lives in the nearby Romany settlement. Their dreams of a life together are frustrated by misunderstanding and prejudice from those around them and, in the end, they themselves inevitably become aware of their own differences. A film which shone a light through the dull veil of normalisation and revived faith in the value of human emotions.


Synopsis

After the censors banned his films 322 and Pictures of the Old World, Dušan Hanák found another enclave untouched by ideology in the environment of a Romany settlement. Outwardly, he was thus acknowledging the regime’s conspicuous interest in integrating Romanies into society. Yet, through his realistic vision of the lives of Romanies and their relationships with the “whites”, and in the tone of the film itself, he was actually rejecting these simple assimilation theories. He points to the profound cultural differences of both worlds and also to the desire for love, happiness and harmony as the common trait of people of all colour and race. The focus of this impressionistic and brightly poetic story is the love affair between postman Jakub and the Romany girl Jolanka who have to face lack of understanding, prejudice and justifiable concern from their parents and friends on both sides. It is only when Jakub and Jolanka assert their happiness and start living together that it becomes obvious that the strength of will defined by their environment and by the hostility their situation generates, is paradoxically the true impediment to their co-existence. Their relationship comes to nothing in the end, yet both leave it secure in the knowledge that, as Jakub’s bon-vivant uncle puts it, “you need to be born every day”. A person should never become reconciled, he should keep on seeking reasons for joy and, after every fall, he should try to rise up again. This last viewpoint, in particular, is given a thematic and metaphorical perspective many times throughout the film: the lovers’ waking dreams, their imagination, their longing to float up into the sky, and to fly away like migratory birds. The concept of time is always present in the film as well, acting as a memento mori, and the living parallels of the young and old generations remind us of the eternal cycle of life.

Contacts

Slovenský filmový ústav / Slovak Film Institute
Grösslingová 32, 811 09, Bratislava
Slovakia
Tel: +421 257 101 503
Fax: +421 252 963 461
E-mail: [email protected]
www: www.sfu.sk, www.aic.sk

About the film

Color, 35 mm

Section: Tribute to Dušan Hanák
   
Director: Dušan Hanák
Screenplay: Dušan Hanák, Dušan Dušek
Dir. of Photography: Jozef Šimončič
Music: Petr Hapka
Editor: Alfréd Benčič
Production: Slovenská filmová tvorba Bratislava-Koliba
Cast: Juraj Nvota, Iva Bittová, Josef Hlinomaz, Marie Motlová, L’udovít Kroner, Libuše Havelková, Václav Babka
Contact: Slovenský filmový ústav / Slovak Film Institute
   
www: www.sfd.sfu.sk

Guests

Viera Ďuricová

Film Institution Rep.

Dušan Hanák

Film Director


Alexandra Strelková

Cinema Representative, Film Institution Rep., PR & Marketing

Peter Dubecký

Film Institution Rep.


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