Based on the only extensive prose work by the surrealist painter Josef Capek, Shades of Fern most resembles the philosophical fairy tales and fables of Josef’s older brother, the legendary Czech novelist and playwright Karel Capek. Two young poachers, more boys than men, kill a gamekeeper when they are caught illegally hunting. Panicked, they retreat into a forest that grows steadily more forbidding and deadly as their fear for the future—and guilt over their action—mounts. Loosely based on hundreds of oral folk tales and legends that haunt the woods of Czechoslovakia, Vlácil’s contemporary updating artistically underscores the relationship between man and nature, crime and punishment, isolation and society, and guilt and memory.
First Name: Carmen
Drama, Comedy, Romance
6.1
Re-BORN
Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
7.4
Panda! Go Panda!: Rainy Day Circus
Animation, Comedy, Family
6.3
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
War, Drama, History
8.2
The Undefeated
Western
6.2
The Crucified Lovers
Drama, Romance
7.7
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Western
7.0
Final Exam
Horror
5.2
Kathleen Madigan: Madigan Again
Comedy
7.6
Hello
Animation, Music
6.1
Winning London
Comedy, Family, Adventure
6.0
Ustad Hotel
Drama, Comedy
7.6
The Electric Horseman
Drama, Romance, Comedy, Western
6.1
Timecop 2: The Berlin Decision
Action, Science Fiction
5.7
Beyond the Hills
Drama, Romance
7.1
The Jester: Chapter 2
Horror, Mystery
7.9
Gingerdead Man 3: Saturday Night Cleaver
Horror, Comedy, Science Fiction
4.6
14 Cameras
Horror, Thriller
5.0
Night Flight
Drama
7.2
A Soldier's Story
Mystery, Crime, Drama
6.8
Metropolis
Drama, Science Fiction
8.1
Apocalypse Now
Drama, War
8.3
Blade Runner
Science Fiction, Drama, Thriller
7.9
The Elementary Particles
Drama, Romance
6.1
Anatomy of a Murder
Crime, Drama, Mystery
7.8
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Adventure, Drama, Action, Romance
7.4
To a Very Old Woman
Drama
0.0
Jackie Brown
Crime, Drama, Thriller
7.4
The Name of the Rose
Drama, Thriller, Mystery
7.5
East of Eden
Drama
7.6
Rebel Without a Cause
Drama
7.5
Rebecca
Mystery, Romance, Thriller, Drama
7.9
The Outsiders
Crime, Drama
7.2
The Blue Angel
Drama
7.3
Stand by Me
Crime, Drama
7.9
The Godfather
Drama, Crime
8.7
About a Boy
Drama, Comedy, Romance
6.7
Oliver Twist
Crime, Drama, Family
6.7
On the Move
Drama
0.0
Triptych of Agata Schwarzkobler
Drama, TV Movie
0.0