Czech Films 2008-2009 2009 / Sestra / Czech Republic 2008
30-year-old Potok’s life is going nowhere. He regards his surroundings and himself with contempt. But then he meets Černá. In her presence, will he be more forgiving of a world which no longer favours exclusive, dark romanticism? Debuting director Vít Pancíř’s experimental love story takes its inspiration from the cult novel by Jáchym Topol, City, Sister, Silver.
30-year-old Potok is a stage designer for a small theatre but his life isn’t going anywhere. He looks upon his surroundings and himself with contempt. Everything changes, however, when he meets Černá. The love-struck couple decide to leave town, but inevitably they still keep coming up against self-interest, superficiality and vulgarity. Will Potok be more forgiving of a world which no longer favours exclusive, dark romanticism? This experimental film was inspired by the cult Czech novel of the same name by Jáchym Topol. Debuting director Vít Pancíř, however, takes his film away from the book’s specific setting in post-1989 Prague and concentrates on the timeless inner turmoil of his hero. This unusual film thus presents a private story in which its creator also brings into play his experience making highly individual short films; correspondingly, the main character is played by non-professional actor Jakub Zich, Pancíř’s fellow-student from the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design. The music was written by Filip Topol who, together with the band Psí vojáci, set certain texts from his brother Jáchym’s novel City, Sister, Silver to music in 1994.
65 min / Color, 35 mm
Director Vít Pancíř
/ Screenplay Vít Pancíř podle románu Jáchyma Topola Sestra / based on the novel City, Sister, Silver by Jáchym Topol
/ Dir. of Photography Martin Čihák
/ Music Psí vojáci
/ Editor Adam Brothánek
/ Producer Jiří Konečný
/ Production endorfilm
/ Cast Jakub Zich, Verica Nedeska
/ Contact endorfilm, Artcam Films
/ Distributor Artcam Films
www: www.sestra-film.cz
Vít Pancíř (b. 1966, Prague) studied animation under Jiří Barta at Prague’s Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design and worked as an animator. Since 1992, however, he has been chiefly focusing on his own special brand of experimental film involving a combination of various techniques, in particular, animation in conjunction with real footage. He has often used the music of Filip Topol, for whose band Psí vojáci [Dog Soldiers] he created several video clips. Filmography: In the Wind (1997 – Oberhausen IFF, 2000, (Experi) Mental Films from Prague, showcase – New York, 2000), Family Chronicles (1999), screened at a number of international festivals and sent into Czech distribution, Into the Rowanberries (2001), Mare Mare (2004), Dog on Snow (2003), Zdenek’s Chair (2005), Island Hedvika (2007). His films were shown at the Rotterdam IFF in 2007 and at Prague’s Febiofest in 2004. Sister is his feature debut.
endorfilm
Přímětická 4, 140 00, Praha 4
Czech Republic
Phone: +420 241 730 780
E-mail: [email protected]
Artcam Films
Rašínovo nábřeží 6, 128 00, Praha 2
Czech Republic
Phone: +420 221 411 619
Fax: +420 221 411 699
E-mail: [email protected]
Vít Pancíř
Film Director
Adam Brothánek
Film Editor
Jakub Zich
Actor
Artemio Benki
Distributor, Film Director, Producer
Přemysl Martinek
Film Institution Rep., Producer
Lubomír Konečný
Producer
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