Czech Film Center

Synopsis

FILMS – SUCCESS – CAREER – DISAPPOINTMENT – FRIENDS – FAMILY – CRUELTY – CHILDHOOD –
THE VIRTUE OF POWER – REBELLION – FREEDOM… These are the basic pillars of this visually
spectacular documentary by director Miloslav Šmídmajer, which seeks the answers to a few key
questions: Why did Milos Forman have to shoot some films the way he did? Where does his internal
strength spring from? What is his life story? Are you expecting a portrait recalling the milestones of
Forman’s career and his famous films? Don’t. Because we’re going to tell you a story about cruelty, losing
parents and losing sons, about the power of overcoming demons. About the desire to succeed and to be
free… Milos Forman lost his parents during childhood. Twenty-seven years later, his first sons lost their
father, who was forced to emigrate and remain abroad. Only now are they making up for what others
experience as youth… Multiple trying experiences compelled him to make certain movies (One Flew Over
the Cuckoo’s Nest, The People vs. Larry Flint, Goya’s Ghosts). You will spend 100 minutes in Milos
Forman’s company and learn more about his life and thinking than ever before. You’ll peer into his private
life, his sorrows… You’ll enjoy snippets of his famous films, meet famous personalities from the film
world, experience the night he won the Oscar for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, see a number of rare
scenes… The documentary took roughly five years to make and was shot in New York, Connecticut, Paris,
Valencia, Madrid, Prague and other locations in the Czech Republic.