Hranice Evropy
LIMITS OF EUROPE
Performance
Seven years ago, documentary director and journalist Apolena Rychlíková teamed up with Saša Uhlová to explore the working conditions in the worst-paid jobs in the Czech Republic, resulting in the documentary THE LIMITS OF WORK. In their latest collaboration, THE LIMITS OF EUROPE, they move abroad. Uhlová leaves the Czech Republic and heads west—working on a farm in Germany, in a hotel in Ireland, and for an agency that provides caregivers for the elderly in France. The report Uhlová and Rychlíková present to the audience sheds light on the lives and working conditions of those rarely in the spotlight, and it is far from flattering. Endless working hours, physical exhaustion, and constant stress... This powerful documentary raises important questions: What is the true cost of Western prosperity, and who is paying for it?
Text: Lenka Tyrpakova
08.11.2024 | 13:00 | Obenkino (original version with English subtitles)
Apolena Rychlíková
Jan Šípek
Martin Kuhn
Jonatan Pastirčák
Kolam Productions (FR), Kerekes Film (SK), Arte G.e.i.e and Czech Television
Apolena Rychlíková - Apolena Rychlíková was born in 1989 in Brno / Czech Republic Czech documentary filmmaker, writer and journalist. She graduated from the department of documentary filmmaking at FAMU (Film and Television Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague), where she currently teaches. Until 2023, she worked at the online daily Alarm, is a regular contributor to many Czech media and a commentator for the public broadcaster Czech Radio Plus. She has won many awards for her journalistic work and was also the first Czechto be nominated for the prestigious European Journalism Award in the opinion journalism category. In 2024, she became co-editor-in-chief of the Page 404media project. In her film work she deals with socially critical documentaries. Her film Hranicepráce (The Boundaries of Work) won the award for the best Czech documentary film of 2017 at the Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival, where it also won the Audience Award. It also won the Czech Film Critics‘ Award Mimo kino. She is also the co-author of several books.
