Strnadovi
A Marriage Story
Helena Třeštíková worked for many years for Czech television, for which she made the successful documentary series The Marriage Stories in 1987. In this series, which was followed twenty years later by a second season, she portrayed six married couples during the period of 1987 to 2006. Třeštíková has now singled out one couple from the documentary series, Ivana and Václav Strnadovi, to turn their marital odyssey into another stand-alone time-lapse feature documentary.
Director's Biography
HELENA TŘEŠTÍKOVÁ, born in 1949, is an award-winning Czech documentary filmmaker of international acclaim. Since 1974, the director has made around fifty documentary works of different lengths and in various formats. Her films deal with interpersonal relationships, follow biographies, and revolve around social and sociopolitical issues. In 2016, CROSSING EUROPE devoted its Tribute to Helena Třeštíková. // Films (selection): Mallory (2015, doc; CE’16), Katka (2010, doc; CE’16), René (2008, doc; CE’09, CE’16), Marcela (2006, doc; CE’16), Strnadovi (A Marriage Story, 2017, doc)
European Panorama Documentary 2017
Helena Třeštíková
Czechia 2017
color & black and white
102 minutes
OV with English subtitles
Screenplay Helena Třeštíková
Cinematography David Cysař, Vlatimil Hamerník, Jan Malíř, Miroslav Souček, Ervín Sanders, Jiří Chod, Robert Novák, Antonín Kutík
Editing Jakub Hejna
Sound/Sounddesign Richard Müller
Producer(s) Kateřina Černá, Pavel Strnad (Negativ Film, CZ), Česká televize (CZ)
Production
Negativ Film Ostrovní 30 110 00 Prague Czech Republic office@negativ.cz www.negativ.cz
Austrian Premiere
Weltpremiere / World Premiere Svetozor Cinema, Prague, 2017
Internationale Premiere / International Premiere
Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival 2017
Premierenstatus / Premiere Status
Austrian Premiere
