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Festival of Czech New-Wave Director Vera Chytilová Arrives at Rio’s CCBB

By Jack Arnhold, Contributing Reporter

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – This April and May, Rio’s prestigious Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil (CCBB) is showing an exhaustive retrospective of the Czech new-wave director Vera Chytilová.

Beginning last week, on Wednesday, April 17th, CCBB are exhibiting 26 films, including 20 feature films and 6 short films, as well as hosting talks and other special events, until the festival’s end on Monday, May 6th.

While the films will be screened in the original Czech with Portuguese subtitles, Chytilová is famous for her brilliantly anarchic and visually-driven storytelling, so even non . . .

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