Coproduced by: Slovenská televízia and Česká televize
Production Company: Peter Kerekes
World Sales by: Deckert Distribution GmbH
freitag.de This documentary film about the Old Swimming Pool in Ko?ice, where the history came to bathe, was made over the summer seasons 2000 to 2002. Seen through several stories which unfolded between the years 1936 and 2002, the film captures 66 seasons at the popular swimming pool, and also the same number of years in the history of Central and Eastern Europe. The film is supported by the reminiscences of several visitors to the ??éhá?ko?, as the pool was known, which the film crew try to reconstruct years later. The swimming pool thus acquires another metaphysical dimension ? it resembles a model of the world where, with greater intensity, private stories merge with universal history. Different generations of swimmers replaced one another over the course of the decades, only the craving for water as a place of absolute equality and also a source of security remains just as strong.
This documentary film about the Old Swimming Pool in Ko?ice, where the history came to bathe, was made over the summer seasons 2000 to 2002. Seen through several stories which unfolded between the years 1936 and 2002, the film captures 66 seasons at the popular swimming pool, and also the same number of years in the history of Central and Eastern Europe. The film is supported by the reminiscences of several visitors to the ??éhá?ko?, as the pool was known, which the film crew try to reconstruct years later. The swimming pool thus acquires another metaphysical dimension ? it resembles a model of the world where, with greater intensity, private stories merge with universal history. Different generations of swimmers replaced one another over the course of the decades, only the craving for water as a place of absolute equality and also a source of security remains just as strong.
This documentary film about the Old Swimming Pool in Ko?ice, where the history came to bathe, was made over the summer seasons 2000 to 2002. Seen through several stories which unfolded between the years 1936 and 2002, the film captures 66 seasons at the popular swimming pool, and also the same number of years in the history of Central and Eastern Europe. The film is supported by the reminiscences of several visitors to the ??éhá?ko?, as the pool was known, which the film crew try to reconstruct years later. The swimming pool thus acquires another metaphysical dimension ? it resembles a model of the world where, with greater intensity, private stories merge with universal history. Different generations of swimmers replaced one another over the course of the decades, only the craving for water as a place of absolute equality and also a source of security remains just as strong.
Festivals: International Film Festival | 2003, IDFA | 2003, International Documentary Film Festival | 2003, Febiofest | 2004, DocAviv | 2004
Awards: Prize Kristian for the Best Documentary Film Febiofest | 2004, Prize for the Best Central European Documentary at 7th International Documentary Film Festival Jihlava | 2003, Best Film Award at DocAviv | 2004, Award for Best European Film at Syracuse Film and Video Festival | 2004, Grand Prix at Mediawave Festival Györ | 2004
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