"An account of the life and love of a homeless couple who live in a cemetery and their resilience in the face of social indifference."
2012-01-29cs79m
Documentary
Filmed over a number of years, David Vondráček’s powerful documentary records the lives of Jan and Jana, a homeless couple who find refuge in a cemetery in the Prague borough of Strašnice. Living on food from garbage containers and trading the books and porn magazines they find there, they nonetheless live lives of independence, love and humour. Jana, a former prostitute, tries to visit her daughter while Jan visits his aged mother after many years, but both fail to re-establish links with their past. Through identification with their everyday world, Vondráček reaches the human reality and complexity beneath the surface, a world not so different from that of the supposedly successful. Eventually, they are expelled from their temporary home with heartbreaking consequences. Vondráček’s award-winning documentary reveals the breadth of experience – even vibrancy – surviving in the world of the dispossessed.
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Director
David Vondracek
Producer
Tereza Krejčí
Producer
Krasimira Veličková
Camera Operator
Jan Kadeřábek
Music
Stefan Valdobrev
homelessness
Status
Released
Countries
Czech Republic
Companies
YEKOT FILM
Česká televize
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