Insect
– The Dung Beetle is late, the Parasite is asleep and Mrs Larva is more interested in her knitting tha..
The Dung Beetle is late, the Parasite is asleep and Mrs Larva is more interested in her knitting than the director’s instructions. It’s clear: this amateur theatre company has a long way to go before they can perform their version of The Insect Play, a famous satirical work from 1922 by the brothers Karel and Josef Čapek which features insects with decidedly human traits: greed, egocentrism, jealousy.
Release Date:
19 Feb 2018
Language:
Czech
Director:
Jan Svankmajer
Writer:
Karel Capek (play), Josef Capek (play), Jan Svankmajer (adaptation)
Main Actors:
Jirí Lábus, Jan Budar, Pavel Nový, Kamila Magálová
Plot:
Amateur actors rehearsing "Pictures from the Insects' Life". The actors find themselves living out their characters' roles and hallucinating insects. "Insects", is intercut with the ...
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