The Firemen’s Ball (Milos Forman)
The Firemen's Ball.
Horí, má panenko Tchécoslovaquie 1967 | Milos Forman | vostEN | 73' | digital | Cast : Jan Vostrcil, Josef Sebánek, Josef Valnoha
▶ Nomination Best Foreign Language Film, Oscars 1969
▶ Digital Restoration
The firemen of a provincial Czechoslovakian town throw a ball in honour of the chief’s retirement. There will be music and dancing, a beauty pageant and a raffle. However, the proceedings are dogged by difficulty at every step…
« The movie is just plain funny. And as a parable it is timeless, with relevance at many times in many lands. Remarkable, how often when I learn of a bureaucratic brainstorm I think of the fireman moving the farmer's chair closer to the flames. » (Roger Ebert)
« Quietly, irresistibly funny in the early Forman manner (this was his first film in colour). » (Time Out Film Guide)
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