23 MAY — 02 JUNE 2024

23 MAY — 02 JUNE 2024

Virile Games

Jan Švankmajer

Czechoslovakia

Animation, 1988, 15'

When a football game becomes an odyssey of inventive mutilations.

Retrospective

SCREENINGS

May 05, Friday, 19:30 (75')

Cinemateca Portuguesa, Room Luís de Pina • C.436

INFO

ORIGINAL TITLE

Mužné hry

SALES

Athanor [CZ] ([email protected])

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