Year of Reconciliation in Kino Art

On Sunday, 26 April 2015, seventy years will have passed since the liberation of Brno. Although the Red Army invaded Brno suburbs two days earlier, the downtown had to wait for its release from the rule of the swastika. Equally complicated was the situation in northern suburbs, where fighting continued. In Kino Art, a special program has been prepared for this occasion, which thematizes the war and especially its ending, when uncertainty and fear still persisted.

17:30 Small Lounge – Europa
Directed by Lars von Trier | 1991 | Denmark / Sweden / France / Germany
The story takes place shortly after the end of WW2 in Germany, where Leo, a young American arrives to help. The film works with a specific form - colour enters the monochromatic image as a significant creative and symbolic feature.

18:30 Big Lounge – Long Live the Republic!
Directed by Karel Kachyňa | 1965 | Czechoslovakia
End of WW2 the Moravian countryside through the eyes of a little boy. The film not only shows his meeting with German and Russian soldiers, but also his relationships with family and peers.

20:00 Small Lounge – Coach to Vienna
Directed by Karel Kachyňa | 1966 | Czechoslovakia
Psychological drama about fear, hatred and human rapprochement performed by Iva Janžurová and Jaromír Hanzlík at the breakthrough period of the end of WW2.

20:30 Big Lounge – City 44
Directed by Jan Komasa | 2014 | Poland
The story of young people in German-occupied Warsaw in 1944, involved in the domestic underground movement, who are trying to live a normal life but get a cruel and bloody lesson in their teenage growing.

During the evening there will also be a meeting with poet, essayist and translator Norbert Holub, who will prepare a selection of poetry and literature related to the topic of war.