The Barbican hosts a screening of director Tomáš Luňák’s film, “Alois Nebel” (Czech Republic/Slovak Republic/Germany, 2011, 84 min), as a part of The Craft of Film series. We’re delighted to be joined by Luňák for a talk after the screening, hosted by Jonathan Hodgson.
Luňák’s dark and atmospheric film is adapted from a comic book trilogy by Jaroslav Rudiš and Jaromír 99, uses rotoscope animation to transpose the striking visuals of the original to the screen. A reduced palate of black, white and grey, a distinctly noirish flair and an eerie score all contribute to pulling us into the story’s mysterious maze of past and present events. 1989 in the Sudetenland near the Czech-Polish border. Alois Nebel is a solitary train dispatcher who becomes haunted by the ghosts from his and the region’s violent history whenever the fog crawls into the mountainous area.
In collaboration with, and organised by EUNIC London and the Goethe-Institut London
In association with the London Film School. Supported by the Czech Centre
With support from the European Commission Representation in the UK.
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