Arrivederci all'inferno, amici

"See You in Hell, Friends" are the last words a character says before the vehicle full of people he is driving runs off a cliff. This is toward the beginning of this film from Juraj Jakubisko.

Petras, a (maybe) survivor of the wreck, relates the back story. It involves how he came to live in an unusual commune with an aging Colonel and a free spirited woman named Rita who has married both men. Others who eventually live in the big mansion include the Colonel's anarchist father who has returned from somewhere, two strange women building an ark, a laid back priest, and Christine, the "goose girl" daughter of Rita and her husbands.

See You in Hell, Friends is an odd movie. The camera is hardly ever static, constantly moving. Scenes are cut quickly producing a disorienting effect in the viewer. There is not much plot, but quite a few events happen, always quickly and without much setup. The short (72 minute) film certainly isn't boring, but it also doesn't seem to go anywhere. It also contains a political message, but I don't have the background to completely grasp it.

The film worked well enough for me to give it a slight recommendation, but I also felt that I was not getting a lot of what was intended. Also, this is the second Jakubisko film I have seen to prominently feature geese (The Deserter and the Nomads being the other). Maybe the director likes to eat goose.