Section: POLSKIE HORYZONTY: The Female Gaze

Wilsonov

Wilson City

Tomáš Mašín
Slovakia, Czech Republic, 2015, 115 Min

An eerie atmosphere reigns in this gothic horror set in the period immediately after the First World War. An investigation into a mysterious series of murders is led by Aaron Food, an American FBI agent who specialises in paranormal phenomena, together with a local police cadet named Eisner. Are they after a sinister sorcerer, or is in fact an ordinary person behind these murders?

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The Austro-Hungarian Empire has collapsed and a political vacuum arises. It is here that the film's bizarre world unfolds as the cosmopolitan city of Bratislava, home to Slovaks, Hungarians and a sizeable Jewish community, is to be renamed Wilson City in honour of the American President and join the United States of America. Only a few days remain until the inauguration ceremony, to be attended personally by Woodrow Wilson, when several people are murdered in the city's Jewish quarter. The White House offers assistance, the case is complicated however, first and foremost by the fact that many of those involved would appear to lead a double existence.

The film harks back to the aesthetics and light-hearted spirit of the criminal comedies that came out of Czechoslovak cinema in the sixties and remain popular to the present day amongst viewers both young and old due to their dark humour and penchant for the absurd. The tale is based on a story by Slovak writer Michal Hvorecký. CF

Filmformat
DCP | Farbe / colour
Drehbuch
Marek Epstein
Kamera
Martin Štrba
Ton
Viktor Ekrt, Marek Hart
Schnitt
Petr Mrkous
Ausstattung
Martin Kurel
Musik
Michal Novinski
Darsteller
Jiří Macháček, Vojtěch Dyk, Táňa Pauhofová, Jan Kraus, Hoji Fortuna, Luboš Kostelný, Richard Stanke
Produzent
Petr Bílek, Zuzana Mistríková, Ľubica Orechovská
Produktion
FilmBrigade
Co-Produktion
PubRes
Kontakt
FilmBrigade
Petr Bílek
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170 00 Prague
Czech Republic
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bilek@filmbrigade.cz
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Tomáš Mašín

Tomáš Mašín - born 1965 in Prague, ČSSR. In 1994 he graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts Prague, and has since worked as a highly regarded domestic director of commercials, for which he has received numerous awards. His debut feature film 3 SEZÓNY V PEKLE won three Czech Lion national awards. He also works as scriptwriter.

Movies
HOTEL (1995, short)
3 SEZÓNY V PEKLE (2009)