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The childhood and youth of Ladislav Stroupežnický, legend of Czech realism, as told in three chapters that we may or may not have come across in our literature textbooks. Accented with its own brand of humor and formal playfulness, the filmmakers claim it’s got it all: suspense, humor, violence, hope, emotion, nudity, sex, and even a happy ending.

Synopsis

“In order to become the first true dramatist of realism he had to experience what it was to be the last of the romantics.” Thus Ondřej Hudeček’s film describes the early days of Ladislav Stroupežnický, legend of Czech theater. Bearing the subtitle A Comedy in Three Acts, the movie parodies the cliché of the staged TV documentary, fashioning an inventive image of the famed dramatist that is (un)known in the annals of literature. In the words of the filmmakers, it’s got it all: suspense, humor, violence, hope, emotion, nudity, sex, and even a happy ending.

Anna Kořínek

About the film

26 min / Color, DCP
World premiere
Director Ondřej Hudeček / Screenplay Jan Smutný, Ondřej Hudeček / Dir. of Photography Ondřej Hudeček / Editor Ondřej Hudeček / Art Director Anna Mayerová, Petra Vencelidesová / Producer Ondřej Hudeček, Ondřej Šejnoha / Production FAMU – Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts / Cast Julius Feldmeier, Cyril Dobrý, Marie Poulová / Contact Ondřej Hudeček
www: www.peacock-film.com

About the director

Ondřej Hudeček (b. 1987, Czechoslovakia) studied direction and camerawork at Trebas Institute in Montréal and at Prague’s Film Academy (FAMU). In 2014 he participated in the Berlinale Talents program. His previous shorts O-Ring (2011), Years (2012) and Karaoke (2012) were screened and awarded at a number of festivals. At present his production company is developing Peacock into a feature that will incorporate the short work of the same name.