synopsis
She first cut herself when she was 13 and did so countless times after that. What drives young people to self-harm and what can be done to protect them from it? Unique testimonies in a film by Zuzana Kirchnerová, shot for the authorial docuseries
Soul Care, describes how people with mental health problems feel and how their diagnoses are seen by experts.
biography
Zuzana Kirchnerová (* 1978) is a graduate of FAMU and the Faculty of Law at Charles University. Her bachelor's degree thesis,
Baba, was awarded first prize in the Cinéfondation student section at the 62nd Annual Cannes IFF. In recent years, she has primarily been involved in documentary filmmaking; as a director and screenwriter, she contributed to Czech Television's docuseries
Four In It (
Čtyři v tom) and
Five Brave (
Pět statečných). She is currently preparing her live-action feature debut,
Caravan.
more about film
| director: | Zuzana Kirchnerová |
| producer: | Alena Müllerová |
| script: | Zuzana Kirchnerová |
| photography: | Yvona Teysslerová |
| editing: | Hedvika Hanzalová |
| sound: | Michal Janoušek, Petr Provazník, Ivan Horák |
| executive producer: | Jiří Vlach |
Info
| director: | Zuzana Kirchnerová |
| original title: | Péče o duši - Marie v hlavě |
| country: | Czech Republic |
| year: | 2022 |
| running time: | 25 min. |
