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A series of five stories: "Miserly Barka" revolves around the efforts of various persons to dispose of the body of a miserly old woman; "When the Oak Leaves Fall" tells of how a drunken peasant makes a deal with the devil, whom that man subsequently outwits; "Fearless Franta" relates how the father of a young man who is afraid of nothing arranges for his son to spend a night in a tavern where the spirits of the dead gather to gamble and cavort; "A Dream Fulfilled" is about an elderly farmer who squanders his money playing the lottery, and "Fimfarum" centers on a blacksmith with a scheming, unfaithful wife who is forced to perform a variety of impossible tasks. (texto oficial do distribuidor)
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My favorite fairy tale book transformed into an incredible animated film that adds an unmistakable Klimtian image to the poetics of Werich's word. So, in addition to the unrepeatable playfulness and wit of the original, the viewer will also see the finished orgies of visual humor. The only thing that does not work for me are the intermezzos with the voice of Ota Jirák, which do not fit into the overall concept. Otherwise, the animated Fimfárum belongs to the same Hall of Fame as the written Fimfárum. A nice counter-balance to Walt Disney's colorful semi-finished products.
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The idea of making a movie out of Fimfárum is an interesting one. And putting the movie into wide cinema distribution is commendable. However, the adaptation of the fairy tales seems clumsy to me, and it's a shame that the quality of the individual stories is so different. Sometimes it even varies within individual scenes. For example, the concept and execution of the introduction, When the Leaves Fall from the Oak, are well done, but its suddenly followed by the boring and strangely animated Franta Nebojsa. And it's really a shame because there is a lot of potential in Jan Werich's style of humor.
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Greedy Barbara (1987), Wait Until the Oak Loses Its Leaves (1991) and Frankie Courage (2002) are my favorite stories, while the rest is rather pleasant filler. The Werich/Jirák variation is not offensive, so conceptually Fimfarum is acceptable in film.
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When the movie "Fimfárum" was supposed to come to the cinemas, it was like a revelation. Well, the movie had been announced in advance, but still, when was the last time a proper puppet film was made here? Jiří Trnka would maybe be sad that only people like Švankmajer or Aurel Klimt follow in his footsteps, who also contributed to the film "Fimfárum Jana Wericha". This is a special work that simply had to attract attention. Several positive factors are combined here. The first one is the source material written by Jan Werich. It has been 52 years since the book was published, but its themes are still relevant and the meaning of some fairy tales is even deeper nowadays. They are not traditional fairy tales and some of them just captivate you with their point and the whole story. The ones that are in the first movie are truly quite dark, for example, "Franta Nebojsa" (responsible by Klimt), which is a story that sets the right atmosphere with its processing alone. The wooden puppets and their appearance are strangely distorted, so the viewer immediately realizes that something is not right. No, these are not fairy tales for children. Not because they would be vulgar, there was violence or nudity, it's simply because they are not meant for children. Although, on the other hand, maybe this is exactly what the true fairy tales are like. A bit scary, unkind, and clever. More: http://www.filmovy-denik.cz/2012/07/prosime-pretocte-fimfarum-1-2-zivot.html
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