Barefoot

Activity Type: 
Film
Date: 
Thursday, May 10, 2018 - 19:30
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Location: 
1500 Posvar Hall
Contact Phone: 
4126487407
Contact Email: 
crees@pitt.edu

Set in Czechoslovakia during the Nazi occupation, a young boy opens up a world of trouble when he inadvertently reveals that his father has been listening to resistance broadcasts from London. Director Jan Svěrák received the 2018 Czech Lion Film Fan Award for this film.

UCIS Unit: 
Center for Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
Other Pitt Sponsors: 
Czechoslovak Nationality Room Committee
Non-University Sponsors: 
Embassy of the Czech Republic
World Regions: 
Russia/Eastern Europe