Havel Speaking, Can You Hear Me? (2024)
- Genre: Documentary
- Country: Czechia
- Runtime: 85 min
- Rated: U
- Released: 2024-04-11
- Czech release: 2023-10-24
- TMDB rating: 5.3 / 10 (3)
This time-lapse documentary follows the last years of former President Václav Havel's life, creating a multi-layered portrait of a world-famous political icon and important playwright, but also an ordinary man plagued by health problems. Havel allows the filmmakers a glimpse behind the scenes of his life, revealing purely personal moments that present him in previously unrecognised contours. With a sense of humour, he reflects on his political legacy and universal human issues. The central motif is formed by the parallels between Havel's life and the successful play Leaving, which Havel always wanted to direct as a film adaptation.
- Director: Petr Jančárek
- Writer: Petr Jančárek
- Music: Michal Rataj
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About
Václav Havel (1936–2011) was a Czech playwright, essayist, and statesman. Known for absurdist plays such as The Garden Party, he became a key figure of resistance to communist rule. After the Velvet Revolution of 1989, he served as the last president of Czechoslovakia and the first president of the Czech Republic.
Petr Jančárek is a Czech documentary filmmaker and screenwriter known for portraits of prominent public figures. He directed Tady Havel, slyšíte mě?, a documentary covering the final years of Václav Havel's life and his relationships with people such as the Dalai Lama, Madeleine Albright and Miloš Forman.
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