Fotograf (2015)

Slo naslov: - 

Angleški naslov: Photographer

Država: Češka

Leto: 2015

Dolžina: 133',  Imdb

Žanri: Biografija, Komedija, Drama   

Slo recenzija: -

Režija: Irena Pavlásková, Jan Saudek

Scenarij: Irena Pavlásková, Jan Saudek

Igrajo: Karel Roden, Marie Málková, Vilma Cibulková, Zuzana Vejvodová, Václav Neužil

[ENG]

Scenes from the unruly life of a popular artist-turned-celebrity based on the fortunes of photographer Jan Saudek (b. 1935), who was also involved in the screenplay. This acerbic comedy focuses on the maestro’s relationships with women, particularly the initially submissive Líba (in real life his former partner Sára).

This acerbic biographical comedy subtitled “I Think You Should Calm Down, Ladies…!” is loosely inspired by the life of renowned photographer and celebrity Jan Saudek, outstandingly portrayed by Karel Roden. The film, appealing in its theme and treatment, focuses on the maestro’s relationships with women, specifically the devoted Líba, who enjoys subtle yet complete control over Jan (her character is undeniably inspired by his former partner Sára Saudková). In addition to numerous indelicate scenes, the brief flashbacks also reveal Jan’s ill-fated past (conflicts with the police and state security agents, a nightmare from his childhood), and there’s also room for staging Saudek’s famous photographic nudes, for which the models were usually morbidly obese. Pavlásková also exposes the artist’s quirky personality, where exhibitionism and vanity go hand in hand with Saudek’s fragility and male naivety, and his desire to extricate himself from his private solitude. In 1993 director Irena Pavlásková shot a portrait of Saudek for the GEN TV series. [Tomáš Bartošek, KVIFF]

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