An Attempt at Joy
Category
filmGenre
étudeTypology
featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent filmshortOriginal title
Pokus o radostCzech title
Pokus o radostEnglish title
An Attempt at JoySynopsis
Some students are writing a test on the subject “Do I trust society?” It seems from the students’ reactions that they indeed do not seethe with trust towards the establishment. They gather on a field in front of some prefabricated houses and talk about the sense of doing anything. Then they paint colourful pictures in the grey, unfinished housing estate, including a picture of the sun. Early in the morning, they are sitting and smoking when they are spotted by a guard who starts pursuing them with his dog. They run away. The painted sun shines on one of the prefab houses. But one student says: “We should have painted the sun in a different colour.“
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Cast
Lukáš Vaculík
student
Zuzana Sadílková
studentka
Gustav Skála
student zvaný Žabák
Daniel Rous
Viktor
Jan Bartoš
otec studentky
Karel Hábl
profesor
Crew and creators
Director
Screenstory
Screenplay
Dramaturg
Director of Photography
Second Unit Photography
Art Director
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Pedagogical management
Václav Vorlíček (režie), Jan Kališ (kamera), Viola Zelenková (produkce)
Music
Music Composed by
Petr Třebický
Production info
Original Title
Pokus o radost
Czech Title
Pokus o radost
English Title
An Attempt at Joy
Category
film
Typology
featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent film
Genre
étude
Student film
3. ročník
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1981
Production Year
1981
Production
Technical info
Duration typology
short film
Duration in minutes
10 min
Original length in metres
300 meters
Distribution carrier
35mm
Aspect ratio
1:1,37
Colour
colour
Sound
sound
Sound system/format
mono
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
Czech
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
