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What if you have no luck in life although you do everything "right"? Documentary director Helena Třeštíková followed the Strnad family for 35 years – its rises and falls and unexpected changes. Their life became a chronicle of relationship mishaps in the course of a marriage and social changes in a country that is changing names and regimes. (Summer Film School)
(więcej)Recenzje (2)
A selection of the two best Marriage Stories diluted by the last act, which fully shows that Třeštíková's method is currently completely toothless and random. Where in the 1980s she was sharply able to capture the ordinariness of normalization and in the 1990s the tenacious effort to "survive her family and entrepreneurship", in the last third she introduces sparse speech therapy, a random collection of moments and increasingly self-serving intrusions into the private relationships of several people. Unease and helplessness are actually quite mild terms. A better word is impotence. It's a pity, I consider The Strnads to be the pinnacle of Marriage Stories, but their feature form does not come close to the penetration of two television documentaries.
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The relatively exceptional and unconventional life of one family, which is brilliantly captured over a period of time. You get everything In this documentary – family, love, relationship crises, educational crises, separation, several weddings, a happy ending. The Strnads have a unique family charm that is a joy to watch. At the same time, their life development and diligence will hopefully bring them great satisfaction. I am glad that they shared their story with the public and I also compliment Helena Třeštíková, who once again proved the quality of her on-going work.
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