Jaromil Jireš (December 10, 1935 – October 24, 2001) was a director associated with the Czechoslovak New Wave movement. His 1963 film The Cry was entered into the 1964 Cannes Film Festival. It is often described as the first film of the Czechoslovak New Wave, a movement known for its dark humor, use of non-professional actors, and "art-cinema realism".
Jaromil Jireš's acclaimed film adaptation of Kundera's debut novel explores human powerlessness amid Stalinist repression, using innovative narrative techniques to weave past and present.
A surrealist film based on Vítězslav Nezval's work follows a week in the life of a girl coming of age, where reality intertwines with dream and fantasy filled with mystery, love, and danger.
