Archive of films Snake Gas / Hadí plyn

Czech Republic / Slovak Republic / Romania
2023, 112 min

Section: Special Screenings
Year: 2023

Synopsis

This loose adaptation of Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness follows Robert Klein (Stanislav Majer) as he sets out to find his brother, who disappeared under mysterious circumstances. Klein finds himself on a journey where nothing is familiar or certain, a journey during which he is forced to reassess his relationship to his culture, to himself, and to his brother, whom he thought he knew so well… David Jařab’s latest film is a highly original exploration of the conflict of cultures that we are permanently forced to reckon with, about the patriarchal superiority of the “white man,” and about the right to plunder natural resources that are slowly but surely running out.

Anna Kořínek

About the director

David Jařab (1971, Hranice na Moravě, Czech Republic). Selected filmography: Vaterland: A Hunting Logbook (2004), Head Hands Heart (2010), Vratislav Effenberger or Black Shark Hunting (2018, doc.), Snake Gas (2023).

Contacts

Cineart TV Prague s.r.o.
Jankovcova 8D, 170 00, Praha 7
Czech Republic
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E-mail: [email protected]

CinemArt, a.s.
Národní 60/28, 111 21, Praha 1
Czech Republic
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Press kit

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About the film

Color, DCP
World premiere

Section:	Special Screenings

Director:	David Jařab
Screenplay:	David Jařab
Dir. of Photography:	Oleg Mutu
Music:	Jakub Kudláč
Sound:	Richard Müller
Editor:	Jan Daňhel
Art Director:	David Jařab
Producer:	Viktor Schwarcz
Production:	Cineart TV Prague
Coproduction:	Arina, Česká televize, The East Comp., Home Media Prod.
Cast:	Stanislav Majer, Václav Vašák, Mara Lukama, Martin Pechlát, Dalibor Buš
Contact:	Cineart TV Prague s.r.o.
Distributor:	CinemArt, a.s.