TCM goes Niagara: Vaaleaverikön rakkaus -film
Miloš Forman’s Vaaleaverikön rakkaus (1965) is one of the key works of the Czechoslovak New Wave.
Event info
Tickets 12 €
Arthouse Cinema Niagara
Kehräsaari B-talo, 33200 Tampere
Tickets for film screenings can be purchased on the Arthouse Cinema Niagara website or at the cinema box office in connection with the screenings (tel. +358 50 563 5770). The music heard in the films is recorded.
The Metsäkansa Film Festival in Tampere offers a glimpse into contemporary Czech cinema and the early works of Miloš Forman
The Metsäkansa Film Festival will present four Czech films and a documentary about Leif Segerstam at Arthouse Cinema Niagara in Kehräsaari, Tampere, at the end of January. The film screenings are part of the accompanying programme of the Tampere Chamber Music festival and are coordinated with the chamber music festival’s schedule.
The Metsäkansa Film Festival is a one-time film event organised by the Metsäkansa Cultural Association in cooperation with Czech–Finnish film director Jan Senius.
The festival begins on Wednesday, 21 January with the documentary LEif and concludes on Sunday evening, 25 January with the music film Piano at the Crossroads, directed by Jan Senius.
Film Festival Programme
Wed 21 Jan 2026 at 3:00 pm:
Documentary LEif (2025, 68 min, age limit 18), directed by Leo Torvalds
Thu 22 Jan 2026 at 6:15 pm:
Film Palaa, palaa! (1967, 71 min, suitable for all ages), directed by Miloš Forman
Fri 23 Jan 2026 at 6:15 pm:
Film Salmiakkikarkki (2024, 68 min, age limit 18), directed by Jan Senius
Sat 24 Jan 2026 at 2:30 pm:
Film Vaaleaverikön rakkaus (1965, 77 min, age limit 12), directed by Miloš Forman
Sun 25 Jan 2026 at 7:00 pm:
Film Piano at the Crossroads (2023, 71 min, age limit 18), directed by Jan Senius
Programme subject to change.
Production: Metsäkansa Film Festival
The concert is part of the accompanying programme of the Tampere Chamber Music festival.
The movie and director
Miloš Forman (1932–2018) was a Czech–American film director, screenwriter, and actor who rose to international prominence in the 1960s as part of the Czechoslovak New Wave. His early films, including those now screened in Tampere, are ironic comedies about everyday life and society. Over the course of his career, Forman won, among other honors, two Academy Awards for Best Director(Yksi lensi yli käenpesän, 1975 and Amadeus 1984).
Vaaleaverikön rakkaus
Year of production: 1965
Country: Czechoslovakia
Genre: Comedy, bitter comedy
Running time: 77 min
Director: Miloš Forman
Screenplay: Jaroslav Papoušek, Ivan Passer, Miloš Forman
Cinematography: Miroslav Ondříček
Editing: Miroslav Hájek
Production design: Karel Černý
Music: Evžen Illín
Sound design: Adolf Böhm
Cast: Hana Brejchová, Vladimír Pucholt, Vladimír Menšík, Ivan Kheil, Jiří Hrubý
Trailer: Vaaleaverikön rakkaus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YKV48RdZuw
Miloš Forman’s Vaaleaverikön rakkaus(1965) is one of the central works of the Czechoslovak New Wave. The film follows Andula, a young factory worker whose innocent one-night encounter with the pianist Milda takes an unexpected turn when she follows him to Prague. The meeting with Milda’s parents shatters Andula’s dreams and forces her to return to the everyday life she tried to escape.
This bitter yet gentle tragicomedy portrays youthful loneliness and the generational divide through subtle awkwardness and everyday realism. Miroslav Ondříček’s sensitive cinematography and the ironically used music complement Forman’s compassionate yet incisive view of Czechoslovak society of the time. The film received wide international acclaim, opened the New York Film Festival in 1966, and was nominated for both an Academy Award and a Golden Globe. It is rightly regarded as a classic of the New Wave.
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