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Intimate Lighting: Directed by Ivan Passer. With Karel Blazek, Zdenek Bezusek, Vera Kresadlová, Jan Vostrcil. One of the most important films of the Czech New Wave 60s, it was ranked among the top ten domestic films of all time.
- (1.7K)
- Comedy, Drama, Music
- Ivan Passer
- 1969-11-24
Intimate Lighting (Czech: Intimní osvětlení) is a Czech comedy-drama film directed by Ivan Passer. It was released in 1965. It is widely considered a major film of the Czechoslovak New Wave and to be Passer's most significant film.
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- Ivan Passer
- 2
- Jiří Růžička, Martin Štědrý, Josef Hart
- 73 min
Intimate Lighting. One of the most beloved films of the Czechoslovak New Wave, this digressive, easygoing slice of life takes place over the course of a weekend in a provincial town where a musician returns, along with his glamorous lover, to visit an old friend.
1h 14m. Directed by Ivan Passer • 1965 • Czechoslovakia Starring Zdenek Bezusek, Karel Blazek, Vera Kresadlová. One of the most beloved films of the Czechoslovak New Wave, this digressive, easygoing slice of life takes place over the course of a weekend in a provincial town where a musician returns, along with his glamorous lover, to visit ...
But the true magic of Intimate Lighting lies in this very banality - where wholly unremarkable protagonists unwittingly conjure up moments of breathless hilarity. By rejecting tangible storylines, detailed character studies and dramatic diversions, Passer has laid the movie bare.
Intimate Lighting is a slightly melancholy, often tender little comedy from Ivan Passer. In his feature film debut, Passer enlists the help of a talented ensemble cast including the likes of Věra Křesadlová and Miroslav Cvrk as Štěpa and Kája respectively.
