BAMcinématek Presents: Matchmaking Mayor (Nesvatbov)

Part of the BAMcinématek series New Czech Films

Fri, May 11, 2012 at 7pm

NY Premiere

Directed by Erika Hnikova

(2011) 72min, 35mm

A village in contemporary eastern Slovakia faces a dire future—not for a lack of jobs, but because of its dwindling population, due largely in part to the lack of suitable partners as well as its younger generation’s changing attitudes towards marriage and long-term relationships. Enter the local mayor, who decides to step in and introduce the advantages of couplehood to his fellow 30-something citizens in this amusing, revealing documentary.