Arnošt Lustig Through the Eyes of Jan Němec
A visionary portrait of Arnošt Lustig, survivor of the Holocaust and prominent Czech writer, whose works deeply influenced Jan Němec.
14'
Czech Republic
IFFR 2017
Programme
A visionary portrait of Arnošt Lustig, survivor of the Holocaust and prominent Czech writer, whose works deeply influenced Jan Němec.
14'
Czech Republic
IFFR 2017
Forbidden to work on fiction, Němec was assigned to direct a social documentary. Focusing on Prague's emergency services, this was his last film before he was exiled from Czechoslovakia.
10'
Czechoslovakia
IFFR 2017
As if in a time machine, two lovers in Prague dive into the history of Europe while searching for a kind of Holy Grail, a stone that gives access to mystical knowledge. Archival footage, fiction and documentary meet and blend in this visionary montage film about a past that is never over and always wills to repeat itself.
80'
Czech Republic
IFFR 2017