Celebration in the Botanical Garden

Celebration in the Botanical Garden

83 mins | Comedy, Adventure, Fantasy | Aug. 26, 1969

One of the lead characters is Maria, an inn keeper; always a bride but never a wife. She meets the newcomer Pierre, who disturbs the peace of the small village and teaches the locals how to enjoy life. The film is full of fireworks of lovely colours, and a warm feeling. It is like a carousel of humour and human situations that carry us away, from the very first frame to the unexpected ending, making the viewer laugh gaily. Using a mosaic approach to the traditional narrative line, the film director creates a picture of fairly anarchic glee. “Celebration in the Botanical Garden” is a world of fantasy, full of summer fun, good humour and delight. E. Havetta´s debut was inspired by naïve art, French impressionism, and silent slap-stick as well as Western Slovakian folk traditions.

Celebration in the Botanical Garden

83 mins | Comedy, Adventure, Fantasy | Aug. 26, 1969

Celebration in the Botanical Garden
One of the lead characters is Maria, an inn keeper; always a bride but never a wife. She meets the newcomer Pierre, who disturbs the peace of the small village and teaches the locals how to enjoy life. The film is full of fireworks of lovely colours, and a warm feeling. It is like a carousel of humour and human situations that carry us away, from the very first frame to the unexpected ending, making the viewer laugh gaily. Using a mosaic approach to the traditional narrative line, the film director creates a picture of fairly anarchic glee. “Celebration in the Botanical Garden” is a world of fantasy, full of summer fun, good humour and delight. E. Havetta´s debut was inspired by naïve art, French impressionism, and silent slap-stick as well as Western Slovakian folk traditions.
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers Studio Hraných Filmov Bratislava
Original title Slávnosť v botanickej záhrade
Directors Eva Štefankovičová, Miloslav Luther, Boris Filan, Elo Havetta
Writers Elo Havetta, Lubor Dohnal

Cast

Slavoj Urban

as Pierre

Nina Divíšková

as Katarína

Jiří Sýkora

as Gašpar

Dušan Blaškovič

as Kovác

Hana Slivková

as Mária

Štefan Štibrányi

as Pišta Domček

Zuzana Cigánová

as Margita

Jozef Ciller

as Driver

Ľudovít Greššo

as Pierre (voice)

Sylvie Turbová

as Katarína (voice)

Pavol Mikulík

as Gašpar (voice)

František Kovár

as Driver (voice)