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At Full Throttle

Crystal Globe Competition 2021 / Láska pod kapotou / Czech Republic, Slovak Republic 2021

Fifty-something former miner Jaroslav has always dreamt of a career as a race car driver. In a congenial and jovial manner, he represents not only the charms and struggles (especially economic) of southeastern Moravia, but also the ever more visible chasm between city and countryside. An uncommonly charismatic portrait of a man struggling with the traumas of the past who, with disarming directness, clings to the promise of good luck and a dignified life alongside a new partner.

Synopsis

It would be far too simplistic to call director Miro Remo a documentary filmmaker. The way in which this distinctly talented Slovak director presents his protagonists is unique in its complexity both at home and abroad. Remo’s Jaroslav, a former miner who has always dreamt of a career as a race car driver, represents, in a congenial and jovial manner, not only the charms and struggles (especially economic) of southeastern Moravia, but also the ever more visible socio-political chasm between city and countryside. At Full Throttle is an uncommonly charismatic portrait of a man struggling with the traumas of the past who, with disarming directness, clings to the promise of good luck and a dignified life alongside a new partner.

Karel Och

About the film

85 min / Color, DCP
World premiere
Director Miro Remo / Screenplay Miro Remo, Juraj Šlauka / Dir. of Photography Martin Chlpík, Miro Remo / Music Adam Matej / Editor Šimon Hájek / Producer Vít Janeček, Miro Remo / Production D1film, Arsy-Versy / Coproduction Česká televize, Radio and Television of Slovakia / Contact D1film / Distributor Aerofilms

About the director

Miro Remo (1983, Ladce, Czechoslovakia). Selected filmography: Ecce Homo (2006, short doc.), Cold Joint (Studený spoj, 2007, short doc.), Arsy–Versy (2009, short doc.), Pohoda (2011, doc.), Vrbovian Wind (Vrbovský veter, 2014, doc.), Comeback (2014, doc.), This Is Not Me (Richard Müller: Nepoznaný, 2016, doc.), At Full Throttle (Láska pod kapotou, 2021, doc.).