René

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Helena Třeštíková, 83', 2008, Czech Republic
Directed by Helena Třeštíková
Production: Česká televize, Negativ, S.R.O.
Cinematography: Martin Kubala, Petr Pešek, Stano Slušný, Václav Smolík, Marek Dvorák, Ondrej Belica, Miroslav Soucek, Vlastimil Hamerník
Editing: Jakub Hejna
Sound: Vladimír Nahodil, Pavel Sádek, Jan Valouch, Václav Hejduk, Miroslav Šimcík, Štepán Mamula, Daniel Nemec, Zbynek Mikulík, Petr Provazník, Jan Valouch.
Music: Tadeáš Věrčák

“Why has my shitty life turned out like this? No-one knows. Not even God. God’s on holiday and he’s reading porn” – an excerpt from Diary of the Forgotten, the journal kept by the main protagonist in another of Helena Třeštíková’s long-term documentaries. With raw authenticity, the director records the luckless fate of René over a period of twenty years as he yo-yos between prison and freedom. The film questions the relationship between filmmaker and protagonist. A story of overwhelming power that goes straight to where it hurts.

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