Zápisník alkoholičky
HER DRUNKEN DIARY
Performance
Míša and Ondřej are a happy couple. The only thing that is bothering them, and especially Míša, is their living situation in a one-room apartment in the house of Ondřej's parents who, in turn, are always complaining about their daughter-in-law. When her husband starts spending more and more time at work, she feels increasingly constrained by the 'normality' of her new family. It is alcohol that, time and again, allows her to escape from this stagnation. A downward spiral quickly sets in. The more Míša turns to alcohol, the less understanding she encounters in her immediate environment - even when she one day decides to change something. This film, by director Dan Svátek, is based on an autobiographical book by Michaela Duffková; this is probably the reason why it enables such an authentic and candid look at the subject of alcoholism, one simultaneously tolerated and yet regarded as taboo by society at large. The film repeatedly addresses the core problems associated with alcohol addiction: the gradual process of dependence, predispositions towards addiction within the family, stigmatisation by society and the fact that the real work only begins after withdrawal. In this way, it opens up space for discussion and points to possible ways of dealing with this illness.
Text: Merlin Webers
06.11.2024 | 21:00 | Obenkino (original version with English subtitles)
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Dan Svátek - Dan Svátek (born October 29, 1975 in Dačice, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech film director, screenwriter and producer.
One of Dan Svátek's first works was the short film Owl River (1998), which won awards at international festivals in the Czech Republic and abroad. Dan came into contact with professional film while still at Zlín film school. As a trainee director, he participated in the filming of the American blockbuster Mission: Impossible (1998) directed by Brian de Palma. Immediately after studying film, his steps led beyond the borders of the Czech Republic. As an escort and amember of the film crew, he participated in a thirteen-month cycling expedition that circled all continents by bicycle. This trip was described by Dan in a travel book called Turn Around theGlobe.After returning from the expedition, Dan worked on the film as an assistant director. A few monthslater, in 2000, he shot a short story in a triptych of three directors, The Beginning of the World. In2002, he debuted with his own feature film, The Damned, about a young man who was caughttrying to smuggle heroin from Southeast Asia. In addition to other international festivals, he participated in the main competition of the category "A" film festival in Moscow, where hecompeted with creators such as Krzysztof Zanussi, Bob Rafelson, Kira Muratova or AlexanderRogoškin. In 2005, Dan made an English-language feature film called Close to Heaven, for which he alsowrote the script and produced the film. So far, Dan Svátek's penultimate feature film is Unknown Hour (2009), the story of a hospital murderer, which was filmed in a Czech-Slovak co-production. On Czech television, Svátek filmed the television thriller Occam's Razor (2012), which wasnominated for the Golden Nymph for director, best television film and best actor in leading roles atthe largest television festival in Monte Carlo.For Czech Television, Dan Svátek also filmed a three-part miniseries based on Josef Klíma's script called The Reporter (2015) with Jiří Bartoška, Tomáš Töpfer and Tereza Voříšková in the lead roles, and in 2019 also a two-part miniseries Stockholm Syndrome. Dan Svátek's next feature film was The Smiles of Sad Men based on the autobiographical book by Josef Formánek, which won the Film Fans Award during the 2018 Czech Lion Award. Dan Svátek made also a young adult film The Sleeping City (2021), based on a novel by MartinVopěnka. In 2023, he made the film Two Words as a Key with Pierre Richard, Daniel Obrychski, Ivan Franeketc., the film based also on Formánek's book model.
