Underplayed Gems

Paper Heads (1995)

Paper Heads poster
Original title
Papierové hlavy
Directed by
Dušan Hanák
Genre
documentary film
Country
Slovakia, Germany, France, Switzerland
Runtime
1h 36m
Rated
U
Rating
7.2 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This documentary shows the communist regime in Czechoslovakia from 1945 to 1989. It mixes propaganda footage with testimony from victims, and also covers feelings in the early 1990s after the revolution.

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What happens

Têtes de papier (titre original : Papierové hlavy) est un documentaire franco-germano-helvéto-tchéco-slovaque réalisé par Dušan Hanák, sorti en 1995. Le film montre les différentes facettes du régime communiste en Tchécoslovaquie entre 1945 et 1989 et termine par des témoignages sur les sentiments d'après-révolution présents dans les années 1990-1995. Hanák a réussi à créer un film très fort en intercalant les images de la propagande communiste avec les témoignages des victimes du régime. L'ambiance est presque surréaliste, kafkaïenne, mais cette fois-ci, il ne s'agit pas d'un roman… (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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