Marcela Czech Republic
2006, 82min.
Script: Michael Třeštík, Darja Macáková, Dir.: Helena Třeštiková, Dir. of Phot. Jan Malir, Vlastimil Hamerník, Miroslav Souček:, Sound: Zbyněk Mikulík, Petr Provazník, Jan Valouch, Edit.: Alois Fišárek, Lenka Polesná, Zdenek Patočka.
The life of Marcela, an ordinary Czech woman is explored throughout several decades of her life. The documentary observes several important societal issues. We are engaged to struggle and fight back with Marcela as her tragic life unfolds before our eyes especially dealing with her daughter’s unexpected death which almost drives her too suicide. However, the responsibility she feels for her retarded son gives her the will to survive.
| Třeštiková, Helena  Helena Třeštiková (born 22.06.1949, Prague)
Graduated from the Department of Documentary Film at FAMU, Prague. Since l974 she has worked as a professional documentary filmmaker, and has made around fifty documentary films of various lengths and formats, mostly on the themes of human relationships and various social issues.
Filmography (selected)
Romeo, Juliet, and Children (1974), A Miracle (1975), A Touch of Light (1979), Conjugal Etudies (1987), Out of Love (1987), Finding Ways (1988), Tell Me Something About Yourself (1992), Sweet Century (1998), Carmen Story (1999), Women at the Turn of the Millennium (2001), Hitler, Stalin and I (2001), Trapped and Trapped Again (2003), Marsela (2006).
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