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The Holy Spine

director: Šimona Müllerová

original title: Svatá páteř

country: Czech Republic

year: 2022

running time: 18 min.

synopsis

Animals exhausted by the unbearable weight of existence, existential frustration and everyday squabble. Humans as empty puppets waiting for the command from the director or romping actors frenziedly protecting their fragile egos. A theatrical, multidimensional performance inspired by the author’s frustrations and artistic (dis)illusions.

“We have a problem with you; we have a problem with us. We’re afraid to speak without metaphors.”

biography

Šimona Müllerová (* 1998) was born in Bratislava and she is completing her bachelor’s degree at the Department of Documentary Film at the Film and TV School of Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU). Her directorial style defies common documentary practices. Rather than observable reality, she explores diverse images of inner realities and other intangible spaces.

more about film

director:	Šimona Müllerová
producer:	Ondřej Šejnoha
photography:	Filip Alex Svoboda
editing:	Sebastián Kučkovský
sound design:	Vít Jeřábek
art director:	Martin Tůma, Valérie Volfová

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