An Ambiguous Report About the End of the World (Czech: Nejasná zpráva o konci světa) is a 1997 Czech film directed by Juraj Jakubisko. It is a symbolic story of ill-fated love set in central Europe.
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Synopsis
A magical and realistic vision of an unbalanced world takes place in a village in the mountains at the end of the world - at an unknown time. The village in a picturesque setting is a metaphor for the world and humanity at the rise of the 3rd millennium. During the 25 years when the story takes place, we can see change over several generations and various symbols of different civilizations, church and culture. The main motif of the film is the love between Verona and Goran. Their passionate relationship is so different from any other and so they have to be punished in the name of so-called morality and equality. By following them, the village people are trying to hide their transgressions against nature and themselves. Patriarchal rituals are in conflict with a civilization without God and equality. Nature punishes them with earthquakes. The houses of all the guilty people are destroyed. Wolves are a symbol of danger.
Cast
Deana Horváthová as Verona
Milan Bahúl as Goran
Joachim Kemmer as Madina
Klára Issová as Veronika
Jana Švandová as Marlyn
Jiří Krytinář as Juzek
Vladimír Javorský as Semek
Pavel Landovský as Rychtar, The Magistrate
Peter Šimun as The Barber
Yvetta Kornová as Margot
Sandra Pogodová as Fagot
Lucie Vondráčková as Lucie
Vladimír Sadílek as Pop
Matěj Hádek as Michal