Archive of films Markéta Wants Her Bag / Markéta chce taštičku

Czech Republic
2018, 37 min

Section: Czech Films 2017–2018
Year: 2018

Markétka is happy when she can talk, paint, or ride the bus. The 16-year-old girl suffers from Rett syndrome, and thus her mental capacity is that of a two-year-old. Documentarist Miroslav Janek looks once again with empathy at the world of people who are “other” and at those closest to them who are tasked with contemplating their future.


Synopsis

Sixteen-year-old Markétka loves candy and bubble stuff, which she carries in her little bag. She likes riding around Prague because she thinks buses and trams are fun. And she paints. The girl suffers from Rett syndrome, and thus her mental capacity is that of a two-year-old. Markétka was originally to have been cast in Normal Autistic Film (2016), but documentarist Miroslav Janek decided to devote a short film exclusively to her; his everyday observations reveal a life with a very difficult intellectual disability. Markétka’s family battles their formidable fate with admirable finesse and humor. At the same time, however, they reflect on how the girl’s future will affect those closest to her, including her little sister.

Jan Škoda

About the director

Miroslav Janek

Miroslav Janek (b. 1954, Náchod, Czechoslovakia). Selected filmography: The Unseen (1996), Battle for Life (2000), Crimson Sails (2001), Kha-chee-pae (2005), Citizen Havel (2008), The Confessions of Kateryna K. (2008), Burning (2012), Olga (2014), The Gospel According to Brabenec (2014), Film Spa (2015), Normal Autistic Film (2016), Universum Brdečka (2017)

Contacts

Pilot Film
Donská 168/19, 101 00, Praha
Czech Republic
Tel: +420 724 938 883
E-mail: [email protected]
www: www.pilot-film.cz

Mimesis Film
Donská 168/19, 10100, Praha
Czech Republic
E-mail: [email protected]
www: www.mimesis.cz

About the film

Color, DCP
World premiere

Section: Czech Films 2017–2018
   
Director: Miroslav Janek
Screenplay: Miroslav Janek
Dir. of Photography: Miroslav Janek
Editor: Tonička Janková
Producer: Jan Macola
Production: Mimesis Film s.r.o.
Coproduction: MAT FILM RESORT
Contact: Mimesis Film
Distributor: Pilot Film

Guests

Jan Macola

Cinema Representative, Distributor, Producer

Miroslav Janek

Film Director


Markéta Rybaříková

Protagonist

Michal Roškaňuk

Other


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