MB 26

Colour, BETA SP
Czech Republic, 2006, 35 min
IP – International premiere
Section: Czech Films 2006-2007

Synopsis

Two friends meet up in a coffee bar. Marta, who’s studying acting, is thinking mainly about what went on during rehearsal, while Berta is chewing over her relationship with Libor. From the coffee bar, the girls wander into McDonalds and then head for the theatre club. From retrospectives, snippets of conversation and shots of the girls meandering around Prague, comes a lively narrative which has a documentary feel about it. The film presents a critical double portrait of the passive and restless part of her generation, people who don’t know that they’re the result of their own decision-making…

About the director

Jitka Rudolfová (b. 1979, Jablonec nad Nisou) attended secondary school in her native town and, during the years 1997–98, she took a preliminary year at FAMU focusing on multimedia studies. Before being accepted in 2003 to study film direction, she attended film school in Písek, taking a course in film, television and radio production. She has made around a dozen short features since 1997. MB 26 is her Bachelor degree project.