Directed by:
Ondřej TrojanScreenplay:
Petr JarchovskýCinematography:
Martin ŠtrbaComposer:
Petr OstrouchovCast:
Libor Kovář, Matouš Vrba, Jan Vlček, Jakub Šárka, Aňa Geislerová, Martin Myšička, Jan Vaši, Kristýna Boková, Jana Šulcová, Magdalena Sidonová, Jaromír Dulava (more)Plots(1)
Identity Card is taking place in Prague, between years 1973 – 1977. Therefore in the times of greatest normalization, in the times close after occupation of Czechoslovakia Socialist Republic by the army of Warsaw Pact. In the times when Big Beat and long hair ment resistence against socialism of Husak. Because of your identity card you were easy target for police hassling, while release from basic military service was a lottery win.
Moviemakers said about their movie: „In this movie you’ll see four classmates – Petra, which is also a narrator, and his three friends Popelku, Alese a Mitu. You will see period from when they are fifteen years old and get identity card up to they are eighteen years old and they are trying to release from basic military service. (official distributor synopsis)
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The last thing our cinema needs at the moment is another bittersweet episodic comedy drama about surviving "back then, all those years ago" from the Jarchov stable... But what can I do if I simply have a soft spot for this type of Czech mainstream movie? Especially when the mix of "fun with the serious" in Identity Card is the best such mix in a long time. And if the parade of great (and well-played) characters and individual scenes were accompanied by a more interesting main protagonist, my satisfaction would have been even greater.
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Revolting, grinning, and sobbing. Considering how fed up I am with the places Czech filmmakers constantly turn, Identity Card is an incredibly uplifting experience. Additionally, the fact that Petr Jarchovský is the one writing for Ondřej Trojan this time is literally its salvation, because I wouldn't believe Jan Hřebejk's returns to the past even with a C cup.
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A youthful revolt in a communist reservation, where they drank mixed firewater, listened to the drums of Western shamans, and sought non-violent paths to escape. Petr Jarchovský, through Šabach, pumps out bittersweet emotions again, but this time, due to the age and innocence of the actors, it somewhat tempers the bad through shared experiences. The mumbling non-actors in the lead roles bring an authenticity of uncertainty and earnest amateurism, which is an interesting contrast to the elegantly groomed Cosy Dens. Where did Macháček’s aware, conspiratorial comrade suddenly disappear to? Did he drown in the grease of his hairstyle?
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Good job. Watching this film brought back my own memories of that time, when as a young rocker I demonstrated my naive little personal defiance against the establishment with my denim jacket covered with patches of Metallica, Accept, Iron Maiden and Helloween. I also could talk for hours about the secret police spying on our family. It was not a nice era, but it did have one good thing: the solid, pleasant community of people "on the other shore", rockers, metalheads and similar types, who didn't ride the official wave allowed by the state and met secretly at unauthorized exchanges, where they traded records of Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, etc., and swapped anti-regime swearing in pubs and at bonfires. Music back then was a symbol of defiance that brought people together, something you don't see today.
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A film with a pleasant, fresh and (with a few exceptions) not that well known of a cast, but which will be appreciated mainly by those nostalgic for the depicted era. For me, a person who didn't nod and say "Yeah, yeah, that's it" all the time while watching, because he simply didn't experience it, I was left with a strangely incoherent story made up of various episodes, a parade of typical Šabach characters (so nothing original either), an incredibly long runtime (it seemed a dull three hours to me) and otherwise nothing much. In short, another variation on a theme that has been seen several times before.
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