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Unexpected Encounters (1995)

Unexpected Encounters 1995
| Nesmluvená setkání (original title)
1h 40 min | Sci-Fi | TV Movie | 13 December 1995.

Storyline:

The movie based on the Russian scifi book “Malysh” (The Kid) by the authors Boris and Arkadi Strugatski.
An expedition arrives on planet Arkha, which appears desolate and uninhabited and yet suitable for a planned mass exodus from polluted Earth. One day seemingly from nowhere and quite unexpectedly a young boy wanders into their ship and then runs off…

User review:

I love discovering good movies that seem to have been ignored or forgotten. This is one of them. The film is based on a sci-fi novel by Strugatsky brothers called Space Mowgli and is quite faithful to the book. The only difference I believe there is with the book is that the planet about to be colonised is meant for humans from Earth and not for a dying alien civilisation from another planet that humans are helping as in the book, but that has no effect on the story.

This film is made for television in the cold war era and its budget is quite limited. Yet, I think they’ve done a marvellous job. Most of the sets are quite good and done thoughtfully. The spacesuits, the inside of the ship, the landscape of the alien planet with some really nice shots, the androids – all is there. Although only a small part of the ship is shown from the outside and the wreckage of an old ship is very unconvincing.

I liked the acting and the directing, and the dialogues were adapted in a somewhat clearer way than the Russian production for TV of the same novel called Malysh which also lacked any set designs to speak of. The sound and music were also very good. But watch it mostly for the story, it’s interesting. The little boy is a good actor as well. The film can be found with English subtitles over the internet.

Director: Irena Pavlásková
Writers: Irena Pavlásková, Arkadij Strugackij (novel)
Stars: Petr Rícánek, Lukás Vaculík, Josef Abrhám
Country: Czech Republic
Language: Czech
Release Date: 13 December 1995 (Czech Republic)
Also Known As: Unexpected Encounters.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0906052/