"Late night talks with mother", a stylized self-portrait by a leading Czech film director. This original testimony is based on a fictious dialogue between director and his deceased mother. In his personal story we follow the ´march of time´ through 20th century Prague - from Nazism, to Soviet invasion of '68, up until today's Václav Havel. The story takes place in Prague along the route of tram number 11, which leads from the statue of St Wenceslas through Vinohrady to the crematorium in Strašnice, and is interspersed with major events in Czech history." In 2000, a version of this film was the first Czech film presented on Internet.
Noční hovory s matkou
Noční hovory s matkou
Late Night Talks with Mother
film
documentarytheatrical distribution
art
Czech Republic
2002
2001—2002
non-distribution premiere 30 November 2000 (internetové uvedení /do 31. 12. 2000/)
non-distribution premiere 25 January 2001 (multiplex Ster Century Slovanský dům, Praha)
non-distribution premiere 11 February 2002 (videodistribuce na videokazetách)
non-distribution premiere 31 October 2002 (televizní uvedení ČT 2)
distribution premiere 15 January 2003 /recommended for 12 and over/
gala premiere 16 January 2003 (kino Aero, Praha)
Project 100 – 2003.
feature film
69 min
Digital Betacam, Digital Video
35mm
1:1,66
colour
sound
mono
Czech, English
Czech
Czech
Czech
Festival: 54. mezinárodní filmový festival Locarno
2001
Locarno / Switzerland
Jan Němec
