BRATS
Symposium
What makes a Rom a “gypsy” and effectively automatically a “snotty brat”? Perhaps no other fiction feature sheds light on the phenomenon of everyday ordinary antiziganism as powerfully and straightforwardly as BRATS, which seems at first to want nothing more than to be a film about affection and family. The problems of Marek and Monika are the same as those of other parents. They move out to the country to give their children – one biological and two adopted ones – more space. Alas, a broken windshield triggers tempers, hate and fighting and leads the boys and their parents to a radical questioning of their identity.
SMRADI / BRUT
CZE 2002 / 93 min
Language: Czech
Director: Zdeněk Tyc
- Screenplay: Tereza Boučková, Jiří Soukup
- Cast: Ivan Trojan, Petra Špalková, Jan Cina, Lukáš Rejsek, Tomáš Klouda
- Producer: Vratislav Šlajer
- Production Company: Bionaut Films
- Co-Production Company: Czech Television, Universal Production Partners
What makes a Rom a “gypsy” and effectively automatically a “snotty brat”? Perhaps no other fiction feature sheds light on the phenomenon of everyday ordinary antiziganism as powerfully and straightforwardly as BRATS, which seems at first to want nothing more than to be a film about affection and family. The problems of Marek and Monika are the same as those of other parents. They move out to the country to give their children – one biological and two adopted ones – more space. Alas, a broken windshield triggers tempers, hate and fighting and leads the boys and their parents to a radical questioning of their identity.
- Screenplay: Tereza Boučková, Jiří Soukup
- Cast: Ivan Trojan, Petra Špalková, Jan Cina, Lukáš Rejsek, Tomáš Klouda
- Producer: Vratislav Šlajer
- Production Company: Bionaut Films
- Co-Production Company: Czech Television, Universal Production Partners