We Want to Live on Our Own

synopsis

A documentary romance about two young people with disabilities who are trying to stand on their own two feet... Ondra and Lucka don't have it easy in life; they both have mental disabilities that limit their ability to find independent or shared housing. At the same time, like most people their age, they naturally want to leave the nest, live on their own without parental supervision, and have a relationship. The Rytmus organization offers them the opportunity to try out all these desires in the form of a training apartment. Will Lucka and Ondra be able to accommodate each other in their shared apartment? Will their parents be able to accept the fact that their disabled child is actually an adult? And will their relationship survive everyday life together? The documentary was produced by Czech Television in collaboration with the organization Rytmus – od klienta k občanovi, z.ú.

biography

Linda Kallistová Jablonská is a Czech director. She graduated from FAMU in Prague with the documentary film Kupředu levá, kupředu pravá, which won the Audience Award at the 2008 Ji.hlava IDFF. She works primarily for Czech Television as a director of documentary films and journalistic series. Her films include Welcome to North Korea! and Hot in Czechia, a documentary about the debate on global climate change in the Czech Republic. The short documentary Pozemšťané, koho budete volit?, made under her direction by people with mental disabilities, was also successful at the Ji.hlava IDFF.

film details

director:	Linda Kallistová Jablonská
producer:	Veronika Slámová
script:	Linda Kallistová Jablonská
photography:	Šimon Havel, Robert Smutný
editing:	Hedvika Hansalová
sound:	Vojtěch Knot

contact

Tomáš Karmazín / Česká televize
tomas.karmazin@ceskatelevize.cz