Looking round for Czech movies with English subtitles online,I found a fairly short title that looked like a fun family film,which led to me joining the girl and grabbing a broomstick.
The plot:
Failing at school,training witch Saxana finds an old magic book which contains a spell that will allow her to interact with humans for 48 hours.Performing the spell,Saxana soon finds herself whisked away from the land of witchcraft to the land of humans.Whilst she gets on with some of the humans,Saxana soon discovers that there are some humans who want to use her magic for their own means.
View on the film:
Leaving any allegorical/political statement in the top hat,co- writer/(along with Hermína Franková & Milos Macourek) director Václav Vorlícek casts a sweet magical spell where stop/start effects and puffs of smoke send Saxana across the sky.Making Saxana stand out in unique clothes, Vorlícek caps the family flick in a charmingly quirky atmosphere,by making every spell offer a funny glimpse of animals and large,dusty books filled with magic.
Escaping from the school,the screenplay by Franková/Macourek & Vorlícek give the fantasy an adventure movie edge,as very funny slap-stick sight gags are brewed with wonderfully animated characters,which include a vampire farmer.Whilst Sazana is given a good level of zest,the writers do appear to struggle in coming up with challenges for her,as Sazana gets outsmarted one too many times.Looking marvellous in early Goth Rock dress, Petra Cernocká gives a great performance as Saxana,thanks to Cernocká threading Saxana's naïve behaviour around humans with a strikingly sassy punk side over not following orders and being herself,as Saxana learns to be the girl on the broomstick.
The plot:
Failing at school,training witch Saxana finds an old magic book which contains a spell that will allow her to interact with humans for 48 hours.Performing the spell,Saxana soon finds herself whisked away from the land of witchcraft to the land of humans.Whilst she gets on with some of the humans,Saxana soon discovers that there are some humans who want to use her magic for their own means.
View on the film:
Leaving any allegorical/political statement in the top hat,co- writer/(along with Hermína Franková & Milos Macourek) director Václav Vorlícek casts a sweet magical spell where stop/start effects and puffs of smoke send Saxana across the sky.Making Saxana stand out in unique clothes, Vorlícek caps the family flick in a charmingly quirky atmosphere,by making every spell offer a funny glimpse of animals and large,dusty books filled with magic.
Escaping from the school,the screenplay by Franková/Macourek & Vorlícek give the fantasy an adventure movie edge,as very funny slap-stick sight gags are brewed with wonderfully animated characters,which include a vampire farmer.Whilst Sazana is given a good level of zest,the writers do appear to struggle in coming up with challenges for her,as Sazana gets outsmarted one too many times.Looking marvellous in early Goth Rock dress, Petra Cernocká gives a great performance as Saxana,thanks to Cernocká threading Saxana's naïve behaviour around humans with a strikingly sassy punk side over not following orders and being herself,as Saxana learns to be the girl on the broomstick.