Alois Nebel

Czechoslavakia

Adaptation of a graphic novel. Shimmering black and white created a sharp look for this rotoscoped film. The story is set in 1989 and addresses some of the changes in post-Russian society as the cold war ended and also deals with the aftermath of atrocities committed in 1945 at the tail end of WW2. Eastern European men are portrayed as lumbering, casually cruel louts who prefer getting drunk and doing crude things to any kind of decent behavior.

Another step forward in the march of anime toward a legitimate form of art worth taking seriously.

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