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Director
Jan Gogola ml.
Original idea
Jan Gogola ml.
Producer
David Hanzal
Production company
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Director of photography
Jiří Lívanec
Editor
Zdeněk Marek
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The Diary of Grandmother Němcová

Deník babičky Němcové, Czech Republic, 1999, 26 min, 35 mm, Creative

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Our aim is to capture the life in a house in Zbraslav, as a place that could represent a slice of the world and merge various events and connections, both of a daily and timeless nature. As a point of departure, we use the diary of grandmother Alena Němcová from Zbraslav and film The Diary of Grandmother Němcová that we made ten years ago (using the diary of Jiřina Němcová - Alena's mother-in-law) as our "script". The diaries of both women come from the same house and they both include notes about matters of a private, family, social, real and also surreal nature. We see these as an opportunity to shoot a film that will point out that banality can indeed be part of our perception but not of the world itself. Our device is just a change of banality to singularity.

Deník babičky Němcové is an illustrated portrait of an old lady's diary. Excerpts from the diary are read by her relatives, acquaintances and also, among others, Ladislav Špaček, the spokesman of former President Václav Havel.

Director:

Jan Gogola ml.

Producer:

David Hanzal

Original idea:

Jan Gogola ml.

Screenplay:

Jan Gogola ml.

Director of photography:

Jiří Lívanec

Editor:

Zdeněk Marek