Synopsis
Jára has lost his job, his family is falling apart and his only companion and friend is Karel, a lonely weirdo who feels very closely bound to nature. Unemployed and immature, he tries to keep his family together, to make his wife stay with him, to protect his teenage son from drug abuse, and to protect Karel from himself – but who will protect Jára?
COUNTRY
Czech Republic
PRODUCER
PETR OUKROPEC
PAVEL STRNAD
GENRE
COMEDY, DRAMA
CO-PRODUCER
ČESKÁ TELEVIZE, I/O POST
RELEASE DATE
8. 3. 2012
SCREENING FORMATS
DCP, HD FILES
RUNTIME
105 min
Trailer & Photogallery
Cast & Crew
DIRECTOR
BOHDAN SLÁMA
WRITER
BOHDAN SLÁMA
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
DIVIŠ MAREK
EDITOR
JAN DAŇHEL
COSTUME DESIGNER
ZUZANA KREJZKOVÁ
CAST
JAROSLAV PLESL, ANNA GEISLEROVÁ, MAREK ŠÁCHA, ANNA BUBENÍKOVÁ, KAREL RODEN, KLÁRA MELÍŠKOVÁ, IGOR CHMELA, JIŘÍ MÁDL, VLADIMÍR MERTA
MUSIC
VYPSANÁ FIXA
SOUND DESIGNER
JAN ČENĚK
PRODUCTION DESIGNER
JAN VLASÁK
About the film
After the tragic death of my son, I was overwhelmed with self-reproach for all the
ways in which I had been a bad father, the things I hadn’t done for him as he was growing up. I replayed our conversations over and over again. That was how the character of Jára came into being. Jára represents my human failings, as well as my fatherly love, my love for my family, which is the foundation of my existence. I gradually came up with the other characters — like Jára, they’re full of human imperfections, full of yearning to change themselves for the better. I love this yearning in my characters. I’d like to experience everything they go through in the story with them, they make me laugh and they frustrate me.
I’m fascinated by the constant mixture of tragic and comic elements in their lives.The story only took on real meaning for me when the character of Karel emerged. Karel is, like all mystics and shamans, a link between the worlds of being and non-being. The burden of his spiritual quest is full of mystery and comedy, but I’m grateful to Karel most of all for bringing hope to the end of the story.