Cook F**K Kill

Cook F**K Kill
CzechŽáby bez jazyka
SlovakŽaby bez jazyka
Directed byMira Fornay
Written byMira Fornay
Produced byMira Fornay
Viktor Schwarcz
Starring
CinematographyTomás Sysel
Edited byMira Fornay
Production
company
Cineart TV Prague
Release dates
  • 23 November 2019 (2019-11-23) (Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival)
  • 15 October 2020 (2020-10-15) (Czech Republic)
Running time
116 minutes
CountriesCzech Republic
Slovakia
LanguageCzech

Cook F**K Kill (Czech title: Žáby bez jazyka, Slovak title: Žaby bez jazyka) is a 2019 Czech-Slovak comedy-drama film directed by Mira Fornay, starring Jaroslav Plesl, Petra Fornayová [sk], Regina Rázlová [cs], Bohuslav Zárychta, Jan Alexander, Jazmína Cigánková, Irena Bendová and Roman Lipka.

Cast

Release

The film premiered at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival on 23 November 2019.[1]

Reception

Demetrios Matheou of Screen Daily called the film a "boldly-executed absurdist comedy, which tackles its central theme – domestic abuse – in a manner very different to the usual gritty realist approaches, with provocative, sometimes discomforting results."[1]

Martin Kudlac of ScreenAnarchy wrote that the film is an "original and fearless vision and formalistically idiosyncratic work, unsettling without being didactic, topical and timeless while addressing a pathology inherited within the society, eerie fatalism infused by dark humor."[2]

Alissa Simon of Variety wrote that while the film is a "tad too long and definitely not for everyone", it is "without doubt Fornay’s most ambitious and stimulating work."[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Matheou, Demetrios (25 November 2019). "'Cook F*** Kill': Tallinn Review". Screen Daily. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  2. ^ Kudlac, Martin (24 February 2020). "Rotterdam 2020 Review: COOK, F**K, KILL, Greek Weird Wave Meets Psychomagical Realism". ScreenAnarchy. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  3. ^ Simon, Alissa (16 December 2019). "'Cook F**k Kill': Film Review". Variety. Retrieved 1 October 2023.