As intrigued as I was by Olga Sommerová's documentary biography of the life and times of Czechoslovak folk singer, Marta Kubišová, and as much as I enjoyed her smokey voice and steadfast morals, tiredness got the better of me.
Drifting in and out of Magic Voice of a Rebel (Magický hlas rebelky) made for a disorienting 90 minutes, which for the most part amounted to my being jolted awake by the audience laughing at the outlandish '70s catsuits and animal-mobbed television performances. In between this, Kubišová's philosophical take on having to give up her promising career under the Communist regime and the deep esteem her country held her in shone through.
The lasting impression (for what it is worth) is of a solid film that makes much of its subject's cultural importance but struggles to contexualise it for those less initiated in Czech and Slovak history (something others who didn't doze reinforced after the film had finish).
That's all I've got. Perhaps head off and read an actual review now.
★★☆
Trailer:
The Magic Voice of a Rebel screened at the third Czech and Slovak Film Festival in Australia.
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