Zuzana Bydžovská

A classic fairy tale movie based on a story "Sedmero krkavcu" from famous Czech writer Bozena Nemcova. A young girl takes a hard task. She must try to save her brothers and get rid of the curse placed on them by their mother. It is a story of courage, perseverance, but also of the power of words, truth and true love ... The main character is a young girl Bohdanka who is born into troubled family of baker whose wife years ago in a fit of rage cursed seven of their sons and they became ravens. Parents kept this as a secret from Bohdanka for many years. However, when Bohdanka at her adulthood learns about the curse of her family, she decides to save her brothers. She gets advice from the local witch that she must sew special shirts for her brothers. She must alone without help of others pick nettles, process fibers, weave cloth and sew each stich. Bohdanka embarks on a long journey to rescue her brothers...

THE CAN, the new film by Tomas Vorel, captures the volatile entrapment felt by many highschoolers today - in the Czech Republic, and well beyond. Petr and Michal would rather not go to school. When they do happen to be there, they sleep through the lesson because they‘ve been up all night spraying graffiti. For what does high school prepare them? Neither the arrogant physics teacher nor the long-winded Czech teacher nor the lonely gym teacher have the answers. Their mundane principal isn‘t able to guide them either, for she, like many of the teachers, is lost herself. Even their sympathetic grassroots art teacher joins the kids more than leads them, moving, like spray, to the margins. Spraying is what really empassions these young people. It‘s a way to leave their mark, but a dangerous way: involving roof top risks, illegal entries into the metro, and dramatic smokestack climbs. For the kids, this way is more real than high school. For them what‘s real is the risk of falling, the chase with the authorites, the cruelty when caught. No wonder their unhappy parents are stressed out to the point of making deals with the principal. THE CAN, by Tomas Vorel, will leave its mark, as it boldly spells out the real problems faced by young people today.