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Jiří Suchý - Tackling Life with Ease

Special Events 2019 / Jiří Suchý - Lehce s životem se prát / Czech Republic 2019

Jiří Suchý. Theatre personality, musician, poet, writer, graphic artist, collector, citizen. One of the key figures of the domestic cultural scene over the last six decades and a tireless campaigner for the enrichment of the Czech language. Olga Sommerová’s documentary presents a portrait of an artist and a man – a portrait of our times.

Synopsis

Theatre personality, musician, poet, writer, graphic artist, collector, self-professed clown, eternally young in spirit – all this is Jiří Suchý, one of the key figures of the domestic cultural scene over the last six decades. He has put on 97 plays at the Semafor theatre and has written the lyrics for 1,400 songs and the music for 500. Today, in an era beset by an onslaught of images that are often of questionable worth, this legendary figure’s tireless efforts to enrich the Czech language and its poetic nuances have been of inestimable value. Olga Sommerová lays before us Suchý’s prolific creative and civic journey through life with the subtle distinctiveness we have come to expect; she also demonstrates her singular flair for capturing exceptional moments.

Karel Och

About the film

104 min / Color, DCP
World premiere
Director Olga Sommerová / Screenplay Olga Sommerová / Dir. of Photography Olga Špátová / Music Jiří Šlitr, Jiří Suchý / Editor Blanka Kulová / Producer Viktor Schwarz / Production Cineart TV Prague / Coproduction Česká televize, Arina Sk, Zámek Liteň / Contact Cineart TV Prague s.r.o. / Distributor CinemArt, a.s.

About the director

Olga Sommerová (b. 1949, Prague). Selected filmography: My 20th Century (2005), Věra 68 (2012), The Magic Voice of a Rebel (2014), Červená (2017), Jiří Suchý – Tackling Life with Ease (2019)