Rosy Dreams (1977)

Original title

Ružové sny

Directed by

Dušan Hanák

Genre

drama film, comedy film, talk show

Country

Czechoslovakia

Runtime

1h 21m

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film follows a Romani community in 1970s Czechoslovakia. It shows their everyday lives and the quiet tensions between them and the surrounding society.

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What happens

Rosy Dreams (Ružové sny) is a 1977 Czechoslovak film. Despite its whimsical poetic style, it was the first Central European feature film that put the Romani (Gypsy) community at the center stage in a realistically reflected manner. It was also a singular artistic achievement in Slovak and Czechoslovak cinema during the period after the Soviet invasion of 1968 by Dušan Hanák, director of several acclaimed films who maintained the integrity of his vision and style throughout the vagaries of Central European filmmaking in the second half of the 20th century. In a broader sense, Rosy Dreams was prescient in Central European cinema because it dealt with a minority group whose plight, not discussed openly then, has since become one of the key issues in several Central European societies. The clash of the communities is depicted with the subtle tender attitude inherited from the Czechoslovak New Wave. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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