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How Close to It I Am

Czech Films 2016–2017 2017 / Jak blízko tomu jsem / Czech Republic 2016

Work, friends, home. What constitutes mind-numbing routine for some people is, for 26-year-old Petr, an opportunity to contemplate the everyday life around him. In Václav Hrzina’s film this young man will perhaps never say what he really wants but, occasionally, in the silence, you can hear what he’s thinking.

How Close to It I Am How Close to It I Am

Synopsis

Twenty-six-year-old Petr lives in Prague, where he works for a decorating firm. He spends his free time with friends, mostly chatting about ordinary things. It’s a quiet life and there’s not much that ruffles his feathers. But Petr doesn’t really mind; he’s content in his role as a perceptive observer of the familiar city around him. By monitoring apparently trivial episodes, director Václav Hrzina pieces together an image of a young man who perhaps will never say what he really wants. But occasionally, in the silence, you can hear what he’s thinking.

Jan Škoda

About the film

34 min / Color, DCP

Director Václav Hrzina / Screenplay Václav Hrzina / Dir. of Photography Martin Tichovský / Editor Nikol Hálová / Art Director Filip Novotný / Producer Ondřej Šejnoha, Eva Pavlíčková / Production Studio FAMU / Cast Pavel Neškudla, Kamila Janovičová, Filip Březina, Josef Láska / Contact Eva Váchová

About the director

Václav Hrzina

Václav Hrzina (b. 1975) studied film direction at Prague’s FAMU, graduating in 2016. At college he made several short and medium-length films, such as The Wish (2008) and Moment of Absence (2011). He was involved in feature films by colleagues Tomasz Mielnik (Journey to Rome, 2015) and Vít Zapletal (Dust of the Ground, 2015). He finished up his film course with How Close to It I Am.

Contacts

Eva Váchová
E-mail: [email protected]

Guests

Václav Hrzina
Actor

Pavel Neškudla
Actor

Eva Váchová
Producer

Michael Kaboš
Director of Photography

Adam Voneš

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