Eithan Weitz

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Karlovy Vary 2010: Jirí Vejdelek’s Women in Temptation

The program mentioned that Jirí Vejdelek's Women in Temptation (a.k.a Zeny v pokuseni) was the Czech equivalent to Sex and the City, but I think the Czechs who end up seeing the film domestically will know the difference between the real thing and the generic brand.

Karlovy Vary 2010: Interview with Dunia Ayaso & Felix Sabroso (La Isla Interior)

Pedro Almodovar wasn't invited to Karlovy Vary this year, but in many ways the Spanish master filmmaker's influence among fellow Spanish filmmakers is evident in Dunia Ayaso & Felix Sabroso's "La isla interior" (The Island Inside). Apart from the subject of sexuality, this film has Almodovar's fingerprints all over it: beginning with the colorful design of the frames, the score which comes awfully close to Alberto Iglesias' work and the female cast which uses former Pedro film thesps in Geraldine Chaplin, who appeared in "Talk to Her" and Candela Peña who had a small part in "All About my Mother" and a third actress, who is the spitting image of a 1980's Carmen Maura.

Karlovy Vary 2010: Daniel Burman’s Brother and Sister

Often referred to as the South American Woody Allen, Daniel Burman usually directs talkative dramedies of the Jewish experience in exile. Brother and Sister is a change of pacing for the director, apart from one "Lechaim!" scene, there's no trace of Judaism in the film adaptation of Diego Dubcovsky's novel, which basically tells the story of an elderly pair of siblings via the point of view of Susana (Graciela Borges), the bossy one who gets around, and Marcos (Antonio Gasalla), the quiet greyish man, who hands over the control to his sister.

Karlovy Vary 2010: Jan Sverak’s Kooky

Well-established Czech helmer Jan Sverak made a huge splash when he won Oscar for Best Foreign Language film in 1996 for Kolya, his latest film, is not only similar title-wise, but it features a title character in the same age demo.

Overview: 45th Karlovy Vary Int. Film Festival

In the Main Comp, there's a new film by Daniel Burman, often referred to as "Woody Allen from Argentina". Brother and Sister appears to continue the regular Burman thread of light, talkative dramas. There is also a new film by Jan Sverak, who is best known for his Oscar-winning Kolya. Sverak's Kooky seems to be a live-action version of Pixar's Toy Story.

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