A mysterious cat with sunglasses brings magic, chaos, and truth to a small town... Whimsical, gently satirical and filled with fantasy and hallucinatory trick photography, this newly-restored Czech New Wave film is a wonderfully imaginative fairytale about collective action for all-ages.
Part magical-realist fairy tale and part gentle social satire, Vojtech Jasný’s The Cassandra Cat (1963, 105 mins) took home the Jury Prize at the 1963 Cannes Film Festival. Mixing wild, hallucinatory trick photography – including lush cinematography by Jaroslav Kucera (Daisies) — with dizzying dance numbers, the children's film revels in fantasy, surrealism and magical realism. Endearing, genuinely whimsical, yet hiding a deep social message, the early Czech New Wave film was banned after the Prague Spring in 1968, sending director Jasný into exile. This sparkling new 4K restoration by the Czech National Archive and Janus Films brings this unique classic back to the big screen!
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