A Walk Worthwhile
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Registration by Milos Forman of the exuberant version that he made with his son Petr in 2007 of the legendary Czech ‘jazz opera’ A Walk Worthwhile from 1965. Forman’s other son Matej designed the sets in the style of the 1960s.
A Walk Worthwhile is a farcical allegory about the values of capitalism in 1965. The young couple Uli and Vanilla decide to get divorced. Soon after, they hear that their child is to inherit one million pounds from Vanilla’s aunt from Liverpool. But: they don’t have a child and above all the aunt is not dead at all.
Milos Forman returns to his roots with this adaptation of the opera: Forman already made a television version of the original piece in 1966; it was one of his first projects.
Film details
- Country of production
- Czech Republic
- Year
- 2009
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2010
- Length
- 85"
- Medium/Format
- 35mm
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