Czech Films 2017–2018 2018 / Markéta chce taštičku / Czech Republic 2018
Markétka is happy when she can talk, paint, or ride the bus. The 16-year-old girl suffers from Rett syndrome, and thus her mental capacity is that of a two-year-old. Documentarist Miroslav Janek looks once again with empathy at the world of people who are “other” and at those closest to them who are tasked with contemplating their future.
Sixteen-year-old Markétka loves candy and bubble stuff, which she carries in her little bag. She likes riding around Prague because she thinks buses and trams are fun. And she paints. The girl suffers from Rett syndrome, and thus her mental capacity is that of a two-year-old. Markétka was originally to have been cast in Normal Autistic Film (2016), but documentarist Miroslav Janek decided to devote a short film exclusively to her; his everyday observations reveal a life with a very difficult intellectual disability. Markétka’s family battles their formidable fate with admirable finesse and humor. At the same time, however, they reflect on how the girl’s future will affect those closest to her, including her little sister.
Jan Škoda
37 min / Color, DCP
World premiere
Director Miroslav Janek
/ Screenplay Miroslav Janek
/ Dir. of Photography Miroslav Janek
/ Editor Tonička Janková
/ Producer Jan Macola
/ Production Mimesis Film s.r.o.
/ Coproduction MAT FILM RESORT
/ Contact Mimesis Film
/ Distributor Pilot Film
Miroslav Janek (b. 1954, Náchod, Czechoslovakia). Selected filmography: The Unseen (1996), Battle for Life (2000), Crimson Sails (2001), Kha-chee-pae (2005), Citizen Havel (2008), The Confessions of Kateryna K. (2008), Burning (2012), Olga (2014), The Gospel According to Brabenec (2014), Film Spa (2015), Normal Autistic Film (2016), Universum Brdečka (2017)
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Mimesis Film
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Jan Macola
Cinema Representative, Distributor, Producer
Miroslav Janek
Film Director
Markéta Rybaříková
Protagonist
Michal Roškaňuk
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