So. Moj Ata Socialisticni Kulak
This one: >>46826
It's not a genius work, but a solid ok one. I genuinely had a couple of good laffs.
The themes were familiar, but I think I misunderstood a couple of things on the first view, so did not mind to watch it twice (luckily most movies we stream are quite passable twice a day). Many themes and even motifs are similar to what's in the Witness, it's not surprising both plays in the same time period, in similar political environment. The queue for food, the black butchering, the silly communist mantras, etc etc. Even such things that at one point Pelikán (the hero of Witness) beats one of his kids for some prank (which led to a dangerous situation), and Jozha (the father in Moj Ata) punishes Tincek for his poems (which got him into trouble). There are many such parallels, I want to point to one more in particular, the depiction of clergy, how they fall victim to the system in both.
However in Moj Ata, I noticed an underlying theme, which might or might not be intentional on behalf of the creators, so I might just imagine into it. This is related to the clergy. It seems to me that the communist system there depicted in religious role, like the Church, and a competitor of the Church. Not just by taking the land, but for the people, in the views on death/mortality, procession like celebration with holding "religious" icons (Stalin and Tito), the wall decorations of the homes, and probably a couple of other things.
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