Na sluneční straně (On the Sunny Side). 1933. Directed by Vladislav Vancura

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Na sluneční straně (On the Sunny Side). 1933. Czechoslovakia. Directed by Vladislav Vancura. Courtesy of NFA

Na sluneční straně (On the Sunny Side). 1933. Czechoslovakia. Directed by Vladislav Vancura. Screenplay by Vítězslav Nezval, Roman Jakobson, Miloslav Disman. With Václav Vydra st., Zdeňka Gräfová, Babula Treybalová. In Czech; English subtitles. 72 min.

Vančura’s follow-up to Před maturitou was this highly experimental film from a script composed by some of the leading Czech avant-garde figures of the period, including the Surrealist novelist Vítězslav Nezval and the linguist Roman Jakobson. Vančura draws on a wide range of styles, from the Surrealist-inflected stylization of René Clair to the frenzied montage of Dziga Vertov, for this story of two children tossed between their indifferent parents and a progressive boarding school. 35mm.

This film accompanies Ecstasy and Irony: Czech Cinema, 1927–1943.

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