Czech Films 2002 / Nachové plachty / Czech Republic 2001
An artistic documentary inspired by the theatre production of the same name, performed by the Forman Brothers’ Theatre and the French Théatre Dromesko to a literary text by Alexander Grin. A story of fulfilling a dream – a theme running through this original documentary meditation.
An artistic documentary inspired by the theatre production of the same name performed (by the Forman Brothers’ Theatre and the French Théatre Dromesko) to a literary text by Alexander Grin. The original performance, which came out of an event planned for Prague 2000 – European City of Culture, was realised on a river boat that toured various European Ports. Using a wide variety of stylistic approaches, the film records the complex reconstruction of the theatre boat and mingles it with generous excerpts of the performance. The result is a complex original statement about the mystery of artistic creation, of poetry and perhaps even of human life. This story of making a dream come true is rounded out with interviews with the captain and other members of the theatre-sailor ensemble, chiefly the main ‘actors’ – director Petr and principal artist Matěj – the sons of director Miloš Forman.
80 min / Black & white, 35 mm
Director Miroslav Janek
/ Screenplay Miroslav Janek
/ Dir. of Photography Miroslav Janek
/ Music Martin Smolka, Pjotr Leshenko
/ Editor Tonička Janková
/ Producer Renata Vlčková, Ondřej Šrámek, Richard Němec
/ Production Česká televize, Renata Vlčková, Verbascum
/ Cast Divadlo bratří Formanů, Cabaret Théatre Dromesko
Miroslav Janek (b. 1954, Náchod, Czechoslovakia) began as an amateur. In 1980 he emigrated to the USA where he worked with a variety of documentarists (e.g. Godfrey Reggio). Since the mid nineties he’s been back working in his own country. His biggest success to date was The Unseen (1997), a movie about photographing blind children. Janek’s extensive filmography includes: Seven Ten Nečtiny (1993), Králík and His Guests (1995), Baroque Opera (1997), Hamsa, I Am (1999) and Musicians (1999). In 2000 he and two other directors wrote and directed the feature-length documentary Battle for Life (a shared Best Documentary and the Special Jury Prize for a documentary at the Karlovy Vary IFF).
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