Monday, July 6, 2009

Film festival in Karlovy Vary

Our next stop was two days in Karlovy Vary in the Czech Republic. The annual international film festival was just getting underway and the weather was gorgeous... Was a definite highlight of my European travels.

It was a little tricky getting into the films but I managed to catch four movies ... Scratching an itch that definitely needed scratching. All four were pretty good but I most enjoyed the premiere of the understated german road trip movie 'Artimos Sveisos' (low lights) and the good, if somewhat silly, horror flick from the UK 'The Children'. Another highlight was the introduction of the film 'Gabrielle' by the terrific French actress Isabelle Hupert.

The whole family had fun. A good energy was in the air, lots of attractive folks milling around, and food and ticket prices were very reasonable. Also a few terrific mullets on display - check out the guy in the background of this first pic!
















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