Forgotten Light (1996)

Original title

Zapomenuté světlo

Directed by

Vladimír Michálek

Genre

drama film

Country

Czech Republic

Runtime

1h 45m

Rated

U

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 11 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A village priest in 1980s Czechoslovakia tries to raise money to fix his church roof. He faces opposition from both the communist state and his own church superiors.

bittersweetquietwrymelancholicgentleearthyslow-pacedhumanistic

What happens

Forgotten Light (Czech: Zapomenuté světlo) is a 1996 Czech film directed by Vladimír Michálek. The screenplay by Czech-American Milena Jelinek is based on a 1934 book by Jakub Deml which is considered a masterpiece of Czech literature of the 20th century. The film was the Czech Republic's submission to the 70th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee. The protagonist is Father Holý, a village priest, who battles the state and religious bureaucracies of 1980s Czechoslovakia to raise money for a new church roof. Permeated by his love for the villagers, his encounters are marked by his good humor. In his losing battle against Church and State, Holý is ordered transferred away from his parish and his allies. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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