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René

René, Czech Republic, 2008, 90 min, 35 mm, DVD, Creative, Longitudinal, Portrait, Social Issues
This raw authentic documentary film tells the story of René whose life was being captured on camera since he was seventeen. The camera followed his hopeless journey between prison and brief periods outside the prison walls. In 2008 the film comes to an end, leaving the now 37-year-old René as a sick man who still gets in trouble with the law and who is also the author of two published books. René's story begins in prison under socialist posters, continues through the so-called Velvet Revolution of 1989 and gets a seemingly happy conclusion with the amnesty decree issued by President Václav Havel. Yet René soon heads back to prison and also celebrated our EU accession from behind the bars. During the years spent in prison - sentenced mainly for theft - René had his whole body covered in tattoos, escaped from prison only to be soon recaptured, burgled the director's home, was involved in a couple of romantic relationships, was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis as well as a high IQ. René displays his outlook on life by flashing his "Fuck of People" tattoo on his neck.
Director:
Helena Třeštíková
Producer:
Pavel Strnad, Kateřina Černá
Screenplay:
Helena Třeštíková
Dramaturgy:
Michael Třeštík, Jan Gogola ml., Martin Štoll
Director of photography:
Martin Kubala, Petr Pešek, Stano Slušný, Václav Smolík, Marek Dvořák, Ondřej Belica, Miroslav Souček, Vlastimil Hamerník
Music:
Tadeáš Věrčák
Editor:
Jakub Hejna
Sound:
Vladimír Nahodil, Pavel Sádek, Jan Valouch, Václav Hejduk, Miroslav Šimčík, Štěpán Mamula, Daniel Němec, Zbyněk Mikulík, Petr Provazník, Jan Valouch
Languages:
Czech
Subtitles:
English
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IDFF Jihlava 2008
The best documentary - Prix ARTE 2008
MDR FILM PRIZE for an excellent Eastern European documentary film - 51st International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film
GOLDEN DOVE (Long Metrage, longer than 45 min) - 51st International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film
13th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival 2011, Greece
The Czech State Fund
for the Support and Development
of Czech Cinematography

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