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66 Seasons
CZ, SK, 2003, 86min., 35 mm
A film about the Košice swimming pool, the place where, according to the builder`s slogan, "history came to swim." Set between 1936 and 2002, the story reflects historical events that took place in central and eastern Europe during that period.… More
Synopsis
A film about the Košice swimming pool, the place where, according to the builder`s slogan,
"history came to swim." Set between 1936 and 2002, the story reflects historical events that took place in central and eastern Europe during that period. Half-naked men and women lived through the 1941 bombing of Košice (in eastern Slovakia), some swimmers never returned from the front lines, and one of the pool´s builders perished in a concentration camp. The film is dedicated to the memory of the director´s grandfather, and the filmmaker and his father make appearances. Using the pool as a backdrop where three generations came to cool off, a kind of "personal theater" has been created, a space which itself becomes a model for evoking social history...
| Director | Peter Kerekes |
|---|---|
| Screenwriter | Peter Kerekes |
| Director of photography | Martin Kollár |
| Editor | Marek Šulík |
| Sound | Jaro Hajda, Peter Gajdoš |
| Producer | Peter Kerekes |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Production Companies | Peter Kerekes |
| Distribution in Czech Republic | ASFK |
| Premiere | 12.05.2003 |
| Award: | DocAviv 2004 (Tel Aviv, Israel) – best documentary, IFF Syracuse 2004 (USA) – best European film |






