Fricasse
Only a total idiot can spice a rabbit fricasse with something as mundane as basil… A short film about food, egotism and all that can happen when a true gourmet has to have the final word at all costs.
- Czech Republic
- 2003, 14 min
- Director: Martin Krejčí
- Director of photography: Štěpán Kučera
- Editor: Filip Malásek
- Screenplay: Vojtěch Mašek
- Music: Filip Jelínek
- Cast: Martin Huba, Stano Dančiak, Alexandr Minajev
- Producer: Monika Kristlová, Vít Komrzý
- Production: Dawson Production
Martin Krejčí
Martin Krejčí (1977, Prague) is one of the top Czech advertising directors. He studied documentary at the Film and TV School of Performing Arts in Prague (1996-2004) where he made several distinguished short films, for example a variation of the well-know children’s adventure books of Jaroslav Foglar Adventures of Jan Tleskač (Dobrodružství Jana Tleskače , 1997). He proved his versatile talent in a short film Fricasse (2003), which was screened both at the Cannes and Karlovy Vary film festivals. He also directed two of the KVIFF festival screeners - this year’s with Helen Mirren and an earlier one with Jiří Menzel. In 2013 he made a short film called Fear (Strach).