BEING

We are in 2080. After a profound systemic crisis, waves of pandemics, local wars and the total collapse of civilisation, only one-tenth of humanity survived. Nature has reclaimed the empty cities. We possess advanced technology, live in small communities, play sports and eat healthily. Whole human knowledge is stored in electronic libraries, accessible to all. Yet, we still don’t understand the essence of our survival. Therefore, we examine one of the last specimens of the ancient generation. What secrets lie within its genetic code? How did it survive all the horrors?

Or perhaps it is 2016. We are living through the horrors yet to come, lost in the fractured mind of a psychotic spaceman—an aging man making one last desperate attempt to piece himself together.

Either way, a new world is emerging from the ruins of the old one. Thoughts, emotions, memories, and stories—whether personal or collective—must be woven into a meaningful whole. Can this be achieved through cooperation, solidarity, responsibility and compassion?

PREMIERE 18 December 2024
DURATION 80 min

STARRING Vojtěch Hrabák, Vladimír Javorský, Václav Marhold

DRAMATISATION Ondřej Novotný
DIRECTION Kamila Polívková
DRAMATURGY Lenka Havlíková
SCENIC DESIGN Antonín Šilar
COSTUMES Zuzana Formánková
LIGHT DESIGN Pavla Beranová
PROJECTION Pavla Beranová, Antonín Šilar
MUSIC Aid Kid
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Anna Drápalová
POSTER Terezie Chlíbcová

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