Singapore International Film Festival 2018
Winter Flies
Language
Czech - subtitles to be advised
Cast
Tomáš Mrvík, Jan František Uher, Eliška Křenková
Synopsis
Two teenage rebels take to the road in a stolen Audi. 14-year-old Mára is a tough-talking skinhead set on reconnecting with his grandfather, while 12-year-old Heduš wields an air gun with a cherubic smile and picks up a lady hitchhiker on the off chance of a threesome. No one knows what lies at the end of the road, but one thing’s certain: These boys can’t wait to grow up.
Director Olmo Omerzu again demonstrates his gift for eliciting authentic performances from child actors. By transposing the road movie genre from its stereotypical summer setting to a harsh winter, he accentuates the warmth at the heart of this tender ode to adolescence, evoking the youthful yearning for adulthood that every kid experiences.