Love in the Grave (2012) [N/A]
Featuring:
Jan Bouska, Jana Chochlácová
Written by:
David Vondrácek
Directed by:
David Vondrácek
Release Date:
January 29, 2012
Original Title:
Láska v hrobě
Alternate Titles:
Love in the Grave
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
YEKOT FILM
Česká televize
Production Countries:
Czech Republic
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 79
An account of the life and love of a homeless couple who live in a cemetery and their resilience in the face of social indifference.
Filmed over a number of years, David Vondráček’s powerful documentary records the lives of Jan and Jana, a homeless couple who find refuge in a cemetery in the Prague borough of Strašnice. Living on food from garbage containers and trading the books and porn magazines they find there, they nonetheless live lives of independence, love and humour. Jana, a former prostitute, tries to visit her daughter while Jan visits his aged mother after many years, but both fail to re-establish links with their past. Through identification with their everyday world, Vondráček reaches the human reality and complexity beneath the surface, a world not so different from that of the supposedly successful. Eventually, they are expelled from their temporary home with heartbreaking consequences. Vondráček’s award-winning documentary reveals the breadth of experience – even vibrancy – surviving in the world of the dispossessed.
A story of a homeless couple. Jana and Jan live together in a desolate cemetery in Prague's Strasnice district. As the outside world starts to invade their land of freedom, their descent into alcoholism gets even quicker.
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