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PRL de Luxe

PRL de Luxe
  • Director
    Edyta Wróblewska
  • Country
    Poland
  • Related to film
    PRL de Luxe
  • Language
    Polish
  • Category
    Docu Series, Society, Youth Documentary
  • Length
    1' 00''
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Crazy Mike from Krakow specializes in organizing guided tours that are anything but typical. He drives the tourists to Nowa Huta in a dilapidated Vee Dub and allows the relics of the past - the "Stylowa" restaurant, the former site of the Lenin monument, the giant steelworks, a typical worker's flat - to unfold their charms. During the sightseeing, he talks about the joys of life in the People's Republic of Poland and the absurdities of real socialism. Will the memory of the trip stay with the tourists a little longer?

Profile: Jan Kaplický

Profile: Jan Kaplický
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"I have the feeling that there is always someone creating something which our generation never even imagined." Jan Kaplický, quote from his essay on architecture. We believe that from today's perspective, i.e. a time when ecological issues are becoming the focal point, a time when many of us suffer from a lack of living space, forming the human beings; We believe that it is worth trying to make a film portrait of a man who dealt with these issues a long time ago, through architecture! Long before 1968, when he decided to leave the country as a consequence of the then political turmoil and it was only in emigration that he proved his exceptional talent! Our intention is to create – on a large scale – a portrait of the heart of Jan Kaplický, as well as of his opinions and thinking through the architecture of today's society. Jan Kaplický has been living and working in England for a long time, where he also founded Future Systems, a prestigious society recognized throughout the world. He visits Prague, his native town, partly because of the fact that he feels homesick and also because he pursues various projects here (among the most famous ones, there is the proposed memorial to the victims of the communist regime, in the form of 42 stairs leading to a point overlooking the city, which has however not been put in practice yet). Unfortunately, all his proposals usually meet opposition in the Czech Republic, both due to personal intolerance, associated with envy – a typical Czech character, as well as due to a number of absurd decisions about what to build, where bribery often plays an important role. Similarly to Milan Kundera, a well-known writer, Jan Kaplický has not become very popular in his home country. The important themes on which the film should focus include the life story of this man – an architect, problems of leaving one's native land and various issues of modern architecture. Thanks to our friendly relations with J.K., we managed to make a short recording in spring 2002, when the architect took us to his favourite spots in Prague, heartily spoke about the influence that his parents had on him (in Letná Alley) and about how one develops as an architect, moments of his youth before he left the country in 1968, about how a Russian soldier aimed his gun at him, about the generation changes and the unrealised monument to the victims of communism. This interview could help people reveal the horizons and motivate them to take a different view of the world. With his more than two-meter-high posture of a tall gentleman (visually an extremely interesting person), he irradiates strong energy. This was also evident from his lecture which he gave to a crowded audience in Veletržní Fair Palace, Prague, in 1999, from which we have managed to get a unique recording.

Rula, Ticho, Čumba Ladislav, doc. Karel Floss and Other Heroes of Our Demonstration in Year 2007

Rula, Ticho, Čumba Ladislav, doc. Karel Floss and Other Heroes of Our Demonstration in Year 2007
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Demonstrations for and against the American radar. – Department of documentary film, FAMU – 3rd year (bachelor degree work).

Remembering

Remembering
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Are Czechs happy? What do they strive for? Are Czechs impassive or do they desire personal and social changes? What is the feeling of a contemporary citizen of Prague, the capital city of the Czech Republic? In March 2006 Ivan Vojnár's documentary searched for answers to some of these questions focused mostly on the reflection of personal issues and feelings. Has the social and political climate changed considerably since 1989? A waitress at an international hotel is setting tables for breakfast. Her feeling is that "not much has changed since the Revolution, perhaps just traveling, people are weary, they don't know who to vote for. I have a daughter who is to go to college, the things that we are facing, I am quite scared of all of it." Are the answers truthful or are they partial self-stylizations? Are the Czechs prone to accepting certain roles and masks? What is the problem? How to get rid of it? The film is not offering solutions; it just explores the ideas of present-day Czechs. French documentary filmmaker Jean Rouch says that cinéma vérité is not about representing truth but about truthful representation. Director Ivan Vojnár drew inspiration from public inquiry films from the 1960s: Jean Rouch's Chronique d'un été (1961), Chris Marker's Le Joli mai (1962) and the film of moral discomfort by Czech filmmaker Evald Schorm - Zrcadlení.

Elective Affinities

Elective Affinities
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March 1968. The film captures the two weeks prior to the election of a new president after A. Novotný had stepped down.

Moravian Hellas

Moravian Hellas
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This film starts with mischief-making, it goes to criticism, a type of criticism approached in a typically mischievous way... The film points out the causes of folklore profanation, discusses fake folklore, partial industrialization of folklore, etc.

Mister Bubyli

Mister Bubyli
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The hero of the film took a job as a teacher in a village school. He catches a bus early in the morning to go from the city to the village to teach even if there is only one pupil in the class. He tries to prove himself in many professions. He is always in a hurry and always on the run. He tries to succeed in many things in life and to challenge the opinion of his father that he is a loser.

René

René
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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.

Marcela

Marcela
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The extraordinary life of an ordinary woman. The fifth part of a series entitled "Marriage Stories" featured Marcela, whose story started in 1980 at the Prague town hall. Still in black and white, the film follows events over a period of six years. In 1999 we re-enter her life, but shooting has to be interrupted after her daughter Ivana is hit by a train. Four months later, shooting resumes. The audience, moved by her difficult life, decided to help the despairing mother. The film captures the events of the past year.

Spanish for Adults

Spanish for Adults
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A tiny classroom in the Spanish heartland is a meeting point and a shelter for adult immigrants who came to Spain driven by the "European dream" to start a new life. Brought together by fate into a small Spanish town, alienated and homesick, these people indulge in playful and enthusiastic language-learning process, guided by the extraordinary teacher Maria Antonia. 48 year-old Maria Antonia gets her inspiration from her dreams of becoming an actress. It seems sometimes that the classroom transforms to the stage, with Antonia as a leading actress. Film director Tomas Tamosaitis tried to learn Spanish Antonia's way as one of her students. The result is SPANISH FOR ADULTS - a nostalgic, warm, funny and serene portrait of people who still believe that, whatever may happen, it´s necessary to keep on dreaming.

 

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