Archive of films Dreamers / Zoufalci

Czech Republic
2009, 97 min

Section: East of the West - Competition
Year: 2010

Now in their thirties, the film’s six protagonists, who left northern Bohemia for Prague after graduating from high school, are taking stock of their lives. Is it too soon for a change? Or perhaps it’s too late because it’s hard to jump off a moving train. Jitka Rudolfová’s debut is a generational statement that perceives the relationship problems of today’s 30-somethings with understanding and ironic detachment.


Synopsis

Dagmara has two kids and a husband whose pedantic opinions and bullying are becoming unbearable. Sociologist Linda is trying to work out a relationship with an unfaithful lover. Secretary Sylvie seeks escape from loneliness in alcohol and noncommittal sex. After living together for seven years, gay couple Tonda and Otakar try in vain to find new relationships. And Radim, an eternal student, torments his girlfriend with jealousy. These six protagonists left their northern Bohemian hometown of Jablonec nad Nisou for Prague after graduating from high school. Now in their thirties, they are taking stock of their lives. Is it too soon for a change? Or perhaps it’s too late because it’s hard to jump off a moving train. Can the protagonists find new meaning in their lives by living together on an idyllic country farm? "I wanted to know why people do certain abysmal things in life – and why they’re unable to fight against it hard enough at the time. Only in retrospect do they realize how ridiculous and trying it all is,” remarks the director, who perceives the title of her generational statement with the irony, characteristic of the movies of Věra Chytilová, her teacher at Prague’s Film Academy (FAMU).

About the director

Jitka Rudolfová

Jitka Rudolfová (b. 1979, Jablonec nad Nisou, CR) first studied filmmaking at film school in Písek, then went on to study direction under Věra Chytilová at Prague’s Film Academy (FAMU). Thanks to Negativ Productions she was able to develop a graduation project into her feature debut, the bittersweet comedy Dreamers (2009). From the beginning of school, her films received a variety of awards (Meat on a Plate, 2004; Lucie Is Already in Bed, 2005; The Holiest, 2005; Marta and Berta 26, 2006), and during her studies she also had an opportunity to participate in the production of older colleagues’ films (Věra Chytilová’s Pleasant Moments, Bohdan Sláma’s The Country Teacher, and Michaela Pavlátová’s Night Owls).

Contacts

Negativ
Ostrovní 30, 110 00, Praha 1
Czech Republic
Tel: +420 777 697 543, +420 224 933 755
Fax: +420 224 933 472
E-mail: [email protected]
www: www.negativ.cz

Aerofilms
Milady Horákové 383/79, 170 00, Praha 7
Czech Republic
Tel: +420 224 947 566
E-mail: [email protected]
www: www.aerofilms.cz

About the film

Color, 35 mm
International premiere

Section: East of the West - Competition
   
Director: Jitka Rudolfová
Screenplay: Jitka Rudolfová
Dir. of Photography: Michael Kaboš
Music: Nůž
Editor: Otakar Šenovský
Producer: Marta Dudáková, Kateřina Černá, Petr Oukropec
Production: Negativ s.r.o.
Cast: Simona Babčáková, Jakub Žáček, Zuzana Onufráková, Václav Neužil, Pavlína Štorková, Michal Kern, Jaroslav Plesl
Contact: Negativ, Aerofilms
Distributor: Aerofilms
   
www: www.zoufalcifilm.cz

Guests

Petr Oukropec

Film Director, Producer

Zuzana Pudilová

Distributor


Zuzana Bielikova

Film Institution Rep., PR & Marketing

Jitka Rudolfová

Film Director, Film Director


Martina Chvojka Reková

PR & Marketing

Kateřina Černá

Producer


Marta Kuchynková

Producer

Richard Müller

Film Crew, Sound Designer


Otakar Šenovský

Film Editor

Václav Neužil

Actor


Lenka Neužilová

Film Crew

Jitka Procházková

Festival Organizer, TV Representative


Ivo Andrle

Distributor

Michael Kaboš

Director of Photography


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