My Life for My Word

synopsis

The word as a commitment, the body as a working tool. Slobodanka Radun’s dynamic film follows writer and translator Radka Denemarková as she constantly moves between major cities around the world and Prague. Rather than reconstructing the past, it captures a year in the acclaimed author’s life as it unfolds. While Denemarková writes, takes part in discussions or sunbathes in her garden, her off-screen reflections touch on solidarity, China, the Holocaust and the erosion of meaning behind the concept of democracy. From the tension between her intimate personal world and global injustice emerges the central question of her literary work: can literature change the world?

“This film captures a single moment in Radka Denemarková’s life.” — Slobodanka Radun, Czech Television at the Karlovy Vary IFF

biography

Slobodanka Radun (1971) is a Yugoslav-born director and screenwriter based in the Czech Republic. She graduated in directing from FAMU and, in addition to numerous documentaries for Czech Television, has directed two feature films – US 2 (2014) and The Musical, or the Way to Happiness (2016).

film details

director:	Slobodanka Radun
producer:	Silvie Michajlova, Ondřej Zima
script:	Slobodanka Radun
photography:	Prokop Souček
editing:	Šárka Sklenářová
music:	Ian Mikyska
sound:	Vladimír Chrastil, Tomáš Kubec
co-producer:	Kateřina Ondřejková

contact

Pavlína Muzikářová / Evolution Films
pavlina@filmkolektiv.cz