The world of Parkour meets teenage coming-of-age angst in Petr Oukropec‘s In Your Dreams!, and it’s a welcome mixture. Whereas most sports inherently breed competition to the point that American films must delineate good versus bad or favorite versus underdog because they underestimate their audience, the urban appropriation of French Special Forces training (Parcours du combattant) here deals in the communal spirit of freedom. There’s a kinship between participants — one highlighted by the Prague group that Egon Tobiás‘ script creates — wherein “pros” and “amateurs” alike provide a safety net with which to simultaneously practice and improve their skills. Only a handful will be picked for young Alex (Jáchym Novotný) to videotape in hopes of entering a San Francisco competition, but no one gets turned away.
This is a refreshing take on the genre for an American like me. While there’s a level of competition, courtesy of...
This is a refreshing take on the genre for an American like me. While there’s a level of competition, courtesy of...
- 2/15/2016
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
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