Electra

Winner of the Czech Lion for animation and a progressive revolutionary form by Daria Kashcheeva. It will leave you with your mouth open! Electra recalls her 10th birthday and awakens a series of family traumas. It's a deep probe into the female mind, with the “Electra complex”, the opposite of the “Oedipus complex”, comes into play. The stop motion animation is breathtaking (form wins over content for me, but never mind), you won't see 25 minutes this impressive in Czech cinema. 75% (05/04/2024)

Electra is an intense audio-visual experience. The viewer can only stare in amazement at the absolutely maniacally exacting stop-motion animation and pixilation through which Daria Kashcheeva displays devastating symbolist imagery on the screen. She creates metaphors of emotions, traumas and feelings connected to themes of gender imperatives, desperate attempts to fit into them, and with a vision of the fleeting appeal of giving up one’s own identity. (08/07/2023)