Slovak director Zuzana Piussi examines her fellow countrymen’s current notions of nationality. She expresses her concern that Slovak national sentiment is rather fragile and liable to political misuse. The protagonists often reject the leading Czech figures of Czechoslovak history and prefer to look for their roots in the common “pre-national“ past of Great Moravia. Although many of the stories are rather tragicomic, the turbulent developments in the EU have shown that the search for one’s own identity is a sensitive matter not only in Slovakia.
Directed by Zuzana Piussi
Your score–
Not scoredImages
Related
Directed by John Ford
The Class of ‘92
Avatar: The Deep Dive - A Special Edition of 20/20
My Mom Jayne
The Curse of the Dragon
Ex Libris: The New York Public Library
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
Halloween: 25 Years of Terror
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
Drew: The Man Behind the Poster
The Irishman: In Conversation
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
To Kill a Tiger
Fuck
No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad