Sun., 27.10., 17:30, Bremen
Photographer Libuše Jarcovjáková documents both her own life and a piece of European history. She describes growing up in Soviet-occupied Czechoslovakia, political repression, factory work, party nights in queer clubs, private and professional setbacks. She tells of friendship and loneliness, of romantic and sexual encounters with men and women, but above all, of a radical search for authenticity. Through honest and intimate insights, the fusion of the political and the private becomes tangible. Based on the artist’s black-and-white photographs and accompanied by her eloquent diary entries, the documentary is also a captivating work of art in aesthetic terms.
Content notes
Alcohol and drug consumption, images of smoking children and dead animals, depression, nudity, abortions with health consequences, strobe and lighting effects, accidents
CZE/SVK/AUT 2024 | Documentary | D: Klára Tasovská | 90 min. | Czech original version with German subtitles