ROMing
ROMing
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Jiří VejdělekDrehbuch:
Marek EpsteinKamera:
Jakub ŠimůnekMusik:
Vojtěch LavičkaBesetzung:
Bolek Polívka, Marian Labuda, Vítězslav Holub, Oldřich Vlach, Vladimír Javorský, Jaromír Nosek, Miroslav Hanuš, Eva Leinweberová, Jean Constantin (mehr)Inhalte(1)
Roming is a comical road movie about three Romas’ journey from North Bohemia to Slovakia. Jura is a modern, rational young man who is studying at university and doing well. When his father asks him to go to Slovakia with him to meet his bride-to-be – from an agreement Jura’s father made with his best friend when Jura was still a boy – Jura can’t believe his ears. At first he rejects the ridiculous request, but it doesn’t take long before he folds under his father’s emotional blackmail. Together with the temperamental and uncontrollable family friend Stan, they set off in an old delivery van on a cross-country trip… Roming is an exceptional film in all ways. Just below the surface of the comedy-road movie genre is the universal message of human solidarity, tolerance, and searching for one’s own identity. (Verleiher-Text)
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Aus einem mutigen Versuch, einen poetischen und originellen Autorenfilm über die Seele der Roma zu drehen, ist eine dilettantische Mischung aus Vulgarismen, peinlich korrekten Szenen und einer überflüssigen Evokation der Zigeunerthemen von Emir Kusturica geworden. Ich weiß nicht, was Vejdělek mit diesem Film sagen wollte. Es ist ihm aber nicht gelungen.
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To my surprise, I found the movie quite entertaining at first. But as the plot progressed, it started dragging, and don't get me started on the soundtrack – it went from tolerable to downright unbearable. The story lost some steam in the first half, and all that was left of it was a road trip. I found myself occasionally zoning out, crossing my fingers for that humor from the beginning to make a comeback. Spoiler alert: it didn't.
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Film that stayed somewhere halfway. Within Czech film creation it forms an average, but compared to the world film top it would hopelessly fail. A comparison with Kusturica's movie Black Cat, White Cat is directly offered due to the theme and form of cinematic communication and precisely in this case a difference between average and masterful piece can be seen. The strength of the movie is the performance of Marián Labuda, who lent his character experience and believability. The performance of Bolek Polívka seemed somewhat stereotypical to me and other characters often come across as mere figures. Overall impression: 45%.
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