Celebration in the Botanical Garden
83 mins
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.
Slavoj Urban
Pierre
Jiří Sýkora
Gašpar
Hana Slivková
Mária
Štefan Štibrányi
Pišta Domček
Jozef Ciller
Driver
Ľudovít Greššo
Pierre (voice)
Elo Havetta
Director
Elo Havetta
Screenplay
Jiří Červík
Production Design
Alena Breceljová
Costumer
Alexej Artim
Production Manager
Milan Tardík
Property Master
Eva Štefankovičová
First Assistant Director
Miloslav Luther
First Assistant Director
Boris Filan
Assistant Director
Otto Geyer
Assistant Camera
Ludvík Malý
Special Effects
Oľga Maiová
Assistant Production Design
Jaroslav Bartl
Unit Production Manager
Viera Šimeková
Script
František Belfín
Conductor
Zdeněk Liška
Original Music Composer
Dodo Šimončič
Director of Photography
Alfréd Benčič
Editor
Jozef Ciller
Costume Design
Michal Jurkovič
Makeup Artist
Václav Škvor
Sound