Sílení
English title: Lunacy
- Studio
- Athanor, Ceská Televize
- Distributor
- Warner Bros., Zeitgeist
Synopsis
Jean Berlot is a neurotic young man traveling through the French countrieside to the insane asylum in which his mother recently died. Himself frequently plagued by nightmares of institutional incarceration, Jean is dreading this visit with every atom of his being. During his journey, his path crosses with that of the Marquis, a bizarre aristocrat who shows an odd fascination with Jean, offering him both a ride and a place to sleep. Jean accepts, and before long, he witnesses the Marquis participating in several practices that could best be described, at least by some, as unsavory. Without giving away too much, the Marquis confides that he cured his intense fear of premature burial by agreeing to have himself buried alive. By this logic, he encourages Jean to confront his fears of madness by undergoing "preventative therapy." Under the Marquis' guidance, Jean voluntarily checks himself into an insane asylum where the patients rampage freely, and where the staff have been tarred, feathered and locked in the dungeon...
Characters
Jean Berlot, Marquis, Charlotte, Dr. Murlloppe, Dr. Coulmiere, Servant Dominic, Innkeeper, Reciting Madman, Jan Svankmajer
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Jan Svankmajer
- Assistant Director
- Martin Kublák
- Second Assistant Directors
- Mendel Hardeman, Marketa Tom
Producing
- Producer
- Jaromír Kallista
- Co-Producers
- Juraj Galvánek, Jaroslav Kucera, Dusan Kukal, Helena Uldrichová
Writing
- Writer
- Jan Svankmajer
- Story
- Edgar Allan Poe, Marquis de Sade
Animation
- Animator
- Bedrich Glaser, Martin Kublák
Voices
- Voice
- Jan Triska (Marquis), Anna Geislerová (Charlotte), Jaroslav Dusek (Dr. Murlloppe), Martin Huba (Dr. Coulmiere), Pavel Nový (Servant Dominic), Stano Danciak (Innkeeper), Jirí Krytinár (Reciting Madman), Jan Svankmajer (Himself)
Editing
- Editor
- Marie Zemanová
Crew
- Cinematography
- Juraj Galvánek
- Casting
- Radek Hruska
- Production Design
- Jan Svankmajer, Eva Svankmajerová
- Costume Design
- Veronika Hrubá, Eva Svankmajerová
- Prop Maker
- Daniel Bird
- Sound
- Ivo Spalj
- Propaganda Posters
- Joseph Cahill
Production notes
Live action with many "meaty" stop-motion animated interludes involving slithering amputated tongues, autonomous eyeballs and gruesomely glistening entrails.
Jan Svankmajer himself makes an on-screen appearance in the prologue.
Release date is that of exhibition at the Palace Film Festival.
Jan Svankmajer himself makes an on-screen appearance in the prologue.
Release date is that of exhibition at the Palace Film Festival.
Awards
Czech Lion, Best Art Direction, Eva Svankmajerová and Veronika Hrubá, 2006.
Czech Lion, Best Film Poster, Eva Svankmajerová, 2006.
Nominee, Czech Lion, Critics' Award, Jan Svankmajer, 2006.
Nominee, Czech Lion, Best Actor, Jan Triska, 2006
Czech Lion, Best Film Poster, Eva Svankmajerová, 2006.
Nominee, Czech Lion, Critics' Award, Jan Svankmajer, 2006.
Nominee, Czech Lion, Best Actor, Jan Triska, 2006