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Conspirators of Pleasure
CZ, GB, CH, 1996, 75min.?
Surrealist Jan Švankmajer's third feature portrays human beings as a society caught up in bizarre methods of gratifying its existential-erotic needs. Storylines spotlighting various individuals attempting to protect their intimate world… More
Synopsis
Surrealist Jan Švankmajer's third feature portrays human beings as a society caught up in bizarre methods of gratifying its existential-erotic needs. Storylines spotlighting various individuals attempting to protect their intimate world interweave and create a grotesque illustration of the 'pleasure principle.'
| Director | Jan Švankmajer |
|---|---|
| Screenwriter | Jan Švankmajer |
| Story | Jan Švankmajer |
| Director of photography | Miroslav Špála |
| Editor | Marie Zemanová |
| Sound | Francois Musy, Ivo Špajl |
| Featuring | Barbora Hrzánová, Gabriela Wilhelmová, Petr Meissel, Pavel Nový, Jiří Lábus, Anna Weltlinská |
| Producer | Jaromír Kallista |
| Genre | – |
| Production Companies | Athanor |
| Distribution in Czech Republic | Space Film |
| Co-production | Delfim, Koninck |
| Supported by fund | Czech State Fund for the Support and Development of Czech Cinematography |
| Premiere | 17.10.1996 |
| Award: | IFF Locarno 1996 – First Prize of the Youth Jury, 40. FF San Francisco USA, 1997 |
