Menandros & Thaïs

Feature Film / Adventure / 129 min / 2016

Czech Republic / Austria

Directors: Ondřej Cikán, Antonín Šilar
Production: Die Gruppe
Producers: Anna Tydlitátová, Ondřej Cikán
Co-producers: FAMU, Nutprodukce, Magic Lab
DoP: Šimon Dvořáček
Editor: Zuzana Walter

Co-production · VFX · Colour Grading · DCP

An experimental feature-length adventure film based on a novel by Ondřej Cikán. A kidnapped bride. A distraught hero. Odysseys through surreal worlds. Menandros and Thaïs are freshly married, but the wedding day ends bloodily. Thaïs is abducted by pirates. Searching for her, the bridegroom becomes a bloodthirsty monster, his horse grows wings, a witch promises him to another woman, King Xerxes unmans him, but everything comes to a happy end. Or does it?