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René // René
( Czech republic, 2008, 83 min. )
Director: Helena Trestikova
This raw authentic documentary film tells the story of René whose life was being captured on camera since he was seventeen. The camera followed his hopeless journey between prison and brief periods outside the prison walls. In 2008 the film comes to an end, leaving the now 37-yearold René as a sick man who still gets in trouble with the law and who is also the author of two published books. René’s story begins in prison under socialist posters, continues through the so-called Velvet Revolution of 1989 and gets a seemingly happy conclusion with the amnesty decree issued by President Václav Havel. Yet René soon heads back to prison and also celebrated EU accession from behind the bars. During the years spent in prison - sentenced mainly for theft - René had his whole body covered in tattoos, escaped from prison only to be soon recaptured, burgled the director’s home, was involved in a couple of romantic relationships, was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis as well as a high IQ. René displays his outlook on life by flashing his «Fuck of People» tattoo on his neck. 51st International Leipzig Festival for Documentary- und Animated Film: Best film
Film is screened in the Free Thought. Documentary cinema program
Screening shedule
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23 June
24 June
