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ZOO

2016

A confined, quietly absurd ride where strangers' lives brush against each other in a moving capsule, leaving a wry, unsettled aftertaste.

Directed by
Tereza Kovářová
Genres
Mystery, Comedy
Starring
Alice Antošovská, Iveta Jiřičková, Ondřej Mataj
Overview
A short film set in a train compartment during a single train journey. You can't just stop a moving train, you can't jump off, you remain part of it until it brakes itself. The familiar world remains outside, enclosed, passing by the windows, only reflected in the train's windows. Inside, a new ecosystem is emerging, temporarily independent, bringing together random combinations of people. It's not difficult to intersect destinies; all you have to do is enter the compartment. You never know who has boarded.

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Directed by
Tereza Kovářová
Genres
Mystery, Comedy
Starring
Alice Antošovská, Iveta Jiřičková, Ondřej Mataj
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Tone
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • identity
  • fate
  • deception
  • loneliness
Places
  • road trip
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • anthology
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour5
Realism7
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
mystery, comedy
Directed by
Tereza Kovářová
Written by
Tereza Kovářová, Martin Jašek
Starring
Alice Antošovská, Iveta Jiřičková, Ondřej Mataj, Patrik Holubář, Orlin Stanchev, Tigran Hovakimyan, Julie Goetzová
Cinematography
Matěj Piňos
Country
Czech Republic
Languages
Czech

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