The Millennial Bee
– Family saga taking place mostly in a small Slovakian village. The film captures the period of thirty..
Family saga taking place mostly in a small Slovakian village. The film captures the period of thirty years (1887-1917). The first part captures the life of Martin Pichandu in the development of his craft, masonry, in the second part, his son is centre stage living in a period of socio-political crisis, which ultimately resulted in the first World War.
01 Mar 1984
Slovak, Czech, Hungarian
Juraj Jakubisko
Juraj Jakubisko, Peter Jaros (novel), Peter Jaros (screenplay)
Jozef Kroner, Stefan Kvietik, Michal Docolomanský, Jana Janovská
A historic mega-film, one family saga, three generations (1887 -1917) assimilated to the bee community in the hive. The queen bee serves as a big mother that symbolizes the family and national roots, the power and meaning of tradition and the return to it. The mosaic of the bricklaying Pichanda family's lives is made of love, hope, hard work, human understanding and also the tragedies of economic crisis, war and human malice. Dreams, symbols, and life in all its forms create a colored rainbow spanning from birth to death and from mystery to reality and back.
1 win & 1 nomination.