Orbis Pictus (1998)
Orbis Pictus (1998)
DVD5 | VIDEO_TS | PAL 4:3 | 01:43:30 | 4,41 Gb (incl. 5%)
Audio: Slovak AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subs: English
Genre: Fantasy, Drama
DVD5 | VIDEO_TS | PAL 4:3 | 01:43:30 | 4,41 Gb (incl. 5%)
Audio: Slovak AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subs: English
Genre: Fantasy, Drama
A defiant misfit teenaged girl goes on a magical journey of self-discovery through a surrealistic enchanted forest after she is booted out of boarding school. Tereza goes through the beautiful countryside en route to Bratislava, the capital city where her estranged mother lives. Along the way, she has several quirky adventures, overcomes a number of obstacles and meets assorted weird characters, including a sad young man who is about to marry a woman old enough to be his mother, and an old woman who is buried up to her waist in order to relieve her pain. Matters don't get any less strange when she finally reaches her destination. This is the fourth feature-film of one of Central Europe's best young directors Martin Sulik.
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One of the most promising filmmakers to emerge from Central Europe in recent years, Martin Sulik creates films that are graced by eccentric characters, playful elements of unexpected magic and a charming folkloric flavor. All those qualities are again present in the Slovak director's fourth feature, "Orbis Pictus," but the meandering, obliquely allegorical tale about belonging represents a backward step into less accessible territory. Fest exposure is likely to be more limited than for Sulik's "Everything I Like" and "The Garden."
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An "Alice in Wonderland"-type odyssey of enlightenment through an enchanted forest, the story follows oddball teen Tereza (Dorotka Nvotova), who is expelled from her boarding school for her difficult nature. Her journey across the Slovak countryside to the capital to find her mother is punctuated by idyllic spells and hazards, and by a series of bizarre encounters.
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Those she meets include the stationmaster of an abandoned train station, a driver who destroys his van-load of dresses after presenting her with one, an old woman buried up to her waist in the ground as a remedy for pain, a wedding party with a melancholy groom still in his teens and a plump bride old enough to be his mother, and a company chairman hiding out in the kitchen of a restaurant while waiting for the dissenting board members to come round to his point of view.
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It's largely mystifying, and becomes only marginally clearer when Tereza arrives in Bratislava and finds her mother (Milka Vasaryova). Shrunk to Lilliputian dimensions, the woman hands down some words of hard-won wisdom before leaving Tereza to fend for herself again.
Although pic's handsomely shot and initially quite captivating, the story's ambling, far too unhurried progress ultimately becomes frustrating.
Orbis Pictus (1998)
This is really one of my favourite movies. The film follows Teresa in her quest to find her mother. Doesn't sound particularly original, but the film is really great in that it takes place both within the "real world" and within Teresa's view of the world. I think to really enjoy this movie, you have to be the kind of person who doesn't feel the need to classify everything that happens as being "real" or "fantasy".
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Everything and everybody in this movie feels "real", even those things that couldn't really exist in the world we take for granted. In a sense, the director and the writer have managed to allow us to see things as they really are, not just as we see them or are used to seeing them. Teresa doesn't question the reality of the people and situations she encounters on her journey, and I never felt the need to either. There's an innocence in this movie that's really refreshing.
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I was smiling all through the movie, and I had this really good feeling about the world that lasted about a week after I saw it, where every once in a while I'd think about the movie and feel really nice inside. That's not something that happens to me very often, and I always have a special feeling for movies or books that manage to reach me in that way. I don't know how you reached this page, but if you haven't seen it, find some way to see it, call your Congressman, whatever…It's really worth it!IMDB Reviewer
Orbis Pictus (1998)
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