Surviving Life (2010)
- Original title
- Přežít svůj život
- Directed by
- Jan Švankmajer
- Genre
- drama film, fantasy film, comedy film, horror film, mystery film, live-action/animated film
- Country
- Slovakia, Czech Republic
- Runtime
- 1h 49m
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 45 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A married man starts living a second life in his dreams where he meets another woman. The film uses cutout animation from photos mixed with live action to show the boundary between dreaming and waking.
whimsicaldreamlikesurrealplayfuldarkly comicvisually inventiveunsettlingdisorienting
What happens
Surviving Life (Czech: Přežít svůj život) is a 2010 Czech comedy film by Jan Švankmajer, starring Václav Helšus, Klára Issová and Zuzana Kronerová. The film uses a mix of cutout animation from photographs and live-action segments, and tells the story of a married man who lives a double life in his dreams, where he meets another woman. It premiered out of competition at the 67th Venice International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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