Insects (2018)

Original title

Hmyz

Directed by

Jan Švankmajer

Genre

drama film, comedy film, live-action/animated film

Country

Czech Republic, Slovakia

Runtime

1h 38m

Rated

18+

Rating

5.6 of 10 from 16 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of amateur actors rehearses a play about insects. They start to hallucinate and take on the roles of their characters.

surrealdarkly comictheatricalhallucinatoryslow-burncerebralunsettling

What happens

Insects (Czech: Hmyz) is a 2018 surrealist comedy film directed by Jan Švankmajer, the film is based on the play Pictures from the Insects' Life by Karel and Josef Čapek. Švankmajer stated that the film would be his last. It premiered on 26 January 2018 at International Film Festival Rotterdam. The film follows amateur actors rehearsing Pictures from the Insects' Life. The actors find themselves living out their characters' roles and hallucinating insects. Insects is intercut with the creative process of the film itself and interviews with the actors about their dreams. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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