Jaromil Jireš

Jaromil Jireš December 10 1935 October 24 2001 was a director associated with the Czechoslovak New Wave movement His 1963 film The Cry was entered into the 1964 Cannes Film Festival It is often described as the first film of the Czechoslovak New Wave a movement known for its dark humor use of nonprofessional actors and artcinema realism