The Seventh Continent (1966 film) explained

The Seventh Continent
Director:Dušan Vukotić
Producer:Sidney Glazier
Starring:Demeter Bitenc
Music:Tomislav Simovic
Cinematography:Karol Krška
Editing:Lida Braniš
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Distributor:Universal Marion Corporation
Runtime:84 minutes
Country:Yugoslavia
Language:Croatian

The Seventh Continent (Croatian: Sedmi kontinent) is a 1966 Yugoslav and Czechoslovakian co-production film directed by Dušan Vukotić.

Plot

A group of children discovers a new continent, not inhabited by adults. Soon, thousands of children of all races begin to abandon their parents and arrive at the new continent, forming a friendly and joyous society, where everyone is equal. Their parents realize children are going missing all over the world and begin to look for them, but are unaware of the existence of the seventh continent.[1] [2]

Cast

Production

The film was shot in Ulcinj, Montenegro. A number of children of foreign diplomats serving in Yugoslavia were cast in the film. Abdoulaye Seck, playing the role of the Black Boy, was the son of a Senegalese diplomat stationed in Belgrade.[2]

Themes and reception

Croatian film critic Nenad Polimac described the film as a "benign fairytale-like fantasy with a moral".[3] The Croatian Film Association database of Croatian cinema notes the film's criticism of the modern civilization and its mechanisms of repression, as well as its poetic visuals, but also its ultimately excessive idealization of the children's world, stereotypically contrasted with the world of grown-ups.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sedmi kontinent. Baza HR kinematografije. Croatian Film Association. hr. 22 August 2020.
  2. Web site: Sedmi kontinent. Plavi vjesnik. 1966. hr. 22 August 2020.
  3. Web site: Nakon 5 mjeseci evo me opet u kinu, jedna stvar me posebno zaprepastila. 22 August 2020. Jutarnji list. Polimac. Nenad. Nenad Polimac. hr. 22 August 2020.