Archive of films Mallory / Mallory
Czech Republic
2015, 97 min
Section:
Documentary Films - Competition
Year: 2015
Life hasn’t been easy on Mallory but after the birth of her son she tries desperately to kick her drug habit, and to stop living on the street. She wants to turn her back on her dark past and help those she knows best – people on the fringes of society. In her latest long-term documentary, Helena Třeštíková demonstrates that even seemingly hopeless lives needn’t be cut short halfway.
Synopsis
After previous documentaries in which she set down the dramatic reversals and hard falls in the lives of Marcela, René, and Katka, Helena Třeštíková has come out with a new long-term portrait. Life has never pampered Mallory, and after the birth of her son she tries with all her might to kick her drug habit and stay off the street. As is usually the case, the helping hand that succeeded in leading her away from life’s dark corners came from an entirely unexpected source. But even after Mallory’s partial victory the fight isn’t yet over. The deep wound self-inflicted by drugs continues to fester: her difficult social situation, upheavals in her personal relationships, and frustrating confrontations with the authorities often cast her back down to the bottom. This is the story of a woman who wants to turn her back on her shady past and help those she knows best (people on the fringes of society), and it demonstrates that even a seemingly hopeless life needn’t be cut short halfway.
Martin Horyna
About the director
Helena Třeštíková (b. 1949, Prague) studied direction at FAMU (1974). She started making long-term documentaries back in 1972 with her school film Viva Acqua. She has made over 40 documentaries, including Sweet Century (1998 – Best Documentary at KVIFF) and Women at the Turn of the Millennium (Trapped) (2001 – Special Jury Mention at KVIFF). Her long-term series of films Tell Me Something about Yourself (beginning 1989) and Marriage Stories (1987-2006) combine aspects of film sociology with cinéma vérité approaches. The Karlovy Vary festival presented a loose portrait trilogy of people living on the fringes of society: Marcela (2006), René (2008 – Prix Arte from the European Film Academy for Best European Documentary), and Katka (2010), as well as her most time-intensive project to date, Private Universe (2011 – Special Mention at KVIFF), shot over a period of 37 years.
Contacts
Negativ
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Czech Republic
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Czech Republic
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About the film
Color, DCP
World premiere
Section: | Documentary Films - Competition |
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Director: | Helena Třeštíková |
Screenplay: | Helena Třeštíková |
Dir. of Photography: | Miroslav Souček, Vlastimil Hamerník, Robert Novák, David Cysař, Jiří Chod, Jakub Hejna |
Music: | Tadeáš Věrčák |
Editor: | Jakub Hejna |
Producer: | Kateřina Černá, Pavel Strnad |
Production: | Negativ s.r.o. |
Coproduction: | Česká televize |
Sales: | Negativ |
Distributor: | Aerofilms |
Guests
Helena Třeštíková
Pavel Strnad
Producer
Kateřina Černá
Producer
Zuzana Bielikova
Film Institution Rep., PR & Marketing
David Cysař
Director of Photography
Mallory Neradová
Protagonist
Vlastimil Hamerník
Director of Photography
Jakub Hejna
Film Director, Film Editor
Zuzana Pudilová
Distributor
Ivo Andrle
Distributor
Radim Habartík
Distributor
Zuzana Kameníková
Cinema Representative, Cinema Representative
Jan Noháč
Distributor
Radka Urbancová
Cinema Representative, Distributor, PR & Marketing
Jakub Němeček
Distributor, Other
Anna Lísalová
Distributor
Zuzana Raušová
Cinema Representative, Distributor, PR & Marketing
Petr Oukropec
Film Director, Producer
Milan Kuchynka
Producer