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27
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JANUARY 2022


Film | My Life with Bohuslav Martinů


Thursday 27 January 2022, 3.00 pm
Cinema Art, Ostrava, CZ

The acted documentary feature which uses two narrators to guide us through the life and work of the brilliant Czech composer. The film is partially based on the eponymous book written by the composer’s wife Charlotte. Her memories bring us a very detailed portrait of the protagonist and also breath a human dimension into the film. The second narrator of the story is Bohuslav’s friend and biographer Miloš Šafránek, who very unfortunately got himself involved with the STB, the Czechoslovakian communist secret police.

The film uses testimonies of partially documentary character, recreated scenes and realistic film footage to bring us not only the music of the great composer but also to shed light onto his personal life, opinions, feelings and attitudes. The creators filmed not only in the film studios but also in the National Theatre, the town of Polička and the Côte d’Azur.

Cast: Tereza Hofová, Petr Stach, Anna Fialová, Ondřej Kavan
Director: Jakub Sommer
Screenplay: Jakub Sommer, Lukáš Csicsely
Cinematography: Viktor Smutný
Music: Bohuslav Martinů
Language: Czech
Running time: 60 minutes

 
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