Július Hotový

Un jeune déserteur polonais et organiste doué trouve refuge contre les fascistes dans un monastère franciscain slovaque. Il entre en conflit avec l'organiste et chef de chœur local, un homme limité dans sa vision du monde et ses valeurs spirituelles.

One of the lead characters is Maria, an inn keeper; always a bride but never a wife. She meets the newcomer Pierre, who disturbs the peace of the small village and teaches the locals how to enjoy life. The film is full of fireworks of lovely colours, and a warm feeling. It is like a carousel of humour and human situations that carry us away, from the very first frame to the unexpected ending, making the viewer laugh gaily. Using a mosaic approach to the traditional narrative line, the film director creates a picture of fairly anarchic glee. “Celebration in the Botanical Garden” is a world of fantasy, full of summer fun, good humour and delight. E. Havetta´s debut was inspired by naïve art, French impressionism, and silent slap-stick as well as Western Slovakian folk traditions.

Two repatriated soldiers search for stability and love when they return home after the First World War.