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René
CZ, 2008, 85min., 35 mm, DVD
The incredible story of a young man accompanied by a film camera from the age of eighteen, on his life’s journey between prisons and short intermezzos outside; after another eighteen years, we leave him as a 36-year-old man, an unlikely… More
Synopsis
The incredible story of a young man accompanied by a film camera from the age of eighteen, on his life’s journey between prisons and short intermezzos outside; after another eighteen years, we leave him as a 36-year-old man, an unlikely writer, a seriously ill patient, and unfortunately still an incorrigible criminal. The story of René “Czech Villon” unfolds against the backdrop of significant political changes in Central Europe whose reflections remain omnipresent in the film. René’s history opens in a prison full of socialist banners, continues during the “Velvet Revolution” and finds him back in prison at the time of the Czech Republic joining the EU.
| Director | Helena Třeštíková |
|---|---|
| Screenwriter | Helena Třeštíková |
| Director of photography | Ondřej Belica, Miroslav Souček, Petr Pešek, Marek Dvořák, Václav Smolík, Vlastimil Hamerník, Martin Kubala, Stano Slušný |
| Editor | Jakub Hejna |
| Sound | Vladimír Nahodil, Jan Valouch, Miroslav Šimčík, Pavel Sádek, Václav Hejduk |
| Producer | Kateřina Černá, Pavel Strnad |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Production Companies | Negativ |
| Distribution in Czech Republic | Aerofilms |
| PR in Czech | 4press |
| Co-production | Česká televize, Helena Třeštíková |
| Supported by fund | Czech State Fund for the Support and Development of Czech Cinematography, MEDIA Development |
| Premiere | 24.07.2008 |
| Sample | Rene.flv... |
