Synopsis
A gigantic traffic jam, wailing ambulances, honking cars, a looming thunderstorm, a forgotten gift ... It’s the beginning of a completely insane day. In the pouring rain, Michal Forman abandons his stalled car and runs for shelter in an arcade, the “Passage”. The Passage is a labyrinth where every one of us can get lost. It represents a world full of malice and deceit, stupidity and violence, for which we are to blame. If we have any hope at all of returning to a world of true values, we must be able to say “Stop!”
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (5)
Production and distribution (3)
- Co-productions : Dune, Films de la Cassine
- Foreign production companies : Etamp Film Praha, Artémis Productions
- French distribution : Dune
Full credits (11)
- Screenwriter : Christian Rullier
- Director of Photography : Jiri Machane
- Music Composer : Zdenek Merta
- Editor : Jan Svoboda
- Sound Recordist : Harrik Maury
- Costume designer : Simona Rybakova
- Foreign Producer : Jan Bilek
- Co-producers : Ève Vercel, Robert Nador
- Press Attachés (film) : André-Paul Ricci, Tony Arnoux
- Production Designer : Ondrej Nekvasil
- Still Photographers : Pavel Dias, Michal Fairaizi
Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Fantasy
- Production language : Czech
- Coproducer countries : Czech Republic, Belgium, France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Minority French (Czech Republic, Belgium, France)
- Production year : 1998
- French release : 13/05/1998
- Runtime : 1 h 38 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 88.035
- Visa issue date : 04/03/1997
- Approval : Yes
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
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About
Karel Pecka 's novel appealed to me at once. It inspired me more than anything I'd read since "The Cremator". Through Pecka's book, I felt that there could be moments of alternation between fantasy, eroticism and mystery, moments of realism and imagination... I like the interplay between reality and fiction. I like that duality in a film. I like it when we go on asking questions after the story's over.
(Juraj Herz - director's note, excerpt from press kit)