Film Archive

Actress

Out of the Past 2024 / Janžurka / Czech Republic, Slovak Republic 2024

Synopsis

Theodora Remundová’s documentary portrait looks at Iva Janžurová’s dramatic and comedic roles in both film and theater, as well as the roles she has played in her family and in social and political life. The director (Janžurová’s daughter) has created a film filled with the truthfulness, sincerity, and capacity for self-reflection of a woman who has devoted her life to acting. The use of clearly staged scenes is combined with an openly acknowledged effort to avoid the kinds of clichés usually found in biographical documentaries to create an organic whole that provides an overview of Janžurová’s pivotal roles while also sharing highly personal and intimate moments from her life.

Vít Kořínek

About the film

110 min / Color, DCP
World premiere
Director Theodora Remundová / Screenplay Theodora Remundová / Dir. of Photography Jan Šípek / Music Tadeáš Věrčák / Sound Štěpán Škoch / Editor Jakub Hejna / Producer Alice Tabery / Production CINEPOINT s.r.o. / Coproduction PubRes, Česká televize, RTVS, innogy, Slovenský filmový ústav / Contact CINEPOINT, Lucie Medková / Distributor CinemArt, a.s.

About the director

Theodora Remundová (1974, Prague). Selected filmography: No Regrets (Ničeho nelituji, 2003, doc.), To Be an Apple Blossom (Být jabloňovým květem, 2009, short doc.), Bětka and the Clever Ones (Bětka a chytré hlavičky, 2016, short doc.), My Century (Moje století, 2019, doc.), Actress (Janžurka, 2024, doc.).