Conspirators of Pleasure
Conspirators of Pleasure
Spiklenci slasti
1996|Czech Republic, Switzerland & Great Britain| View Trailer

Dialogue free and mostly live action, Jan Švankmajer’s hilarious third feature has its origins in an unmade short film from 1970, Light-Bluebeard, concerning the sado-masochistic, transmutative relations between a pair of neighbours.

A series of experiments in tactility conducted in the 1970s by the Group of Czech-Slovak Surrealists, at Švankmajer’s behest when he was forbidden from making films, further informs this singular comedy that features six characters participating blithely in an elaborate auto-erotic roundelay. Švankmajer’s perennial interest in the sense of touch is elevated here to synaesthetic levels…

For its Melbourne screening, CaSFFA is delighted to be presenting Conspirators of Pleasure in partnership with the Melbourne Cinémathèque.

In Sydney, Conspirators of Pleasure will be preceded by Švankmajer’s classic 1992 short, Food (Jídlo, 17 min).

Director:Jan Švankmajer
Screenwriter:Jan Švankmajer
Main Cast: Petr Meissel, Gabriela Wilhelmová, Barbora Hrzánová, Jiří Lábus, Pavel Nový, Anna Wetlinská,
Producer:Jaromír Kallista
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