CASFFA: Saving One Who Was Dead

From award-winning director Václav Kadrnka

Four years on from his Karlovy Vary-winning effort “Little Crusader” (2017), Václav Kadrnka returns with a film that plays like a spiritual journey - quietly moving alongside the bodies of the living, the bodies of the fallen, and on the vast ocean in-between. 

After a serious stroke, the Father goes into a coma. The Mother (Zuzana Mauréry) and the Son (Vojtech Dyk) are suddenly confronted with a motionless body; doctors give no hope for his recovery. Faced with the prospect of losing someone they love, the Mother and the Son become determined to bring the Father back. With a profound attention to detail, Kadrnka constructs a graceful story in the spaces between life and death - forming a poetic and enigmatic tale about two characters who, in search of connection with their loved one, arrive at the realm of resurrection.

Screens with Love, Dad, a short film about the gaps between a child and a parent, the weight of parental love, and the loneliness that silence can bring. Nestling into her own story, the director, Diana Cam Van Nguyen, uncovers 15-year-old letters of affection from her Dad – letters that he wrote to her from prison – in an attempt to rediscover his love. 

Rating

MA15+

Language

Czech (English Subtitles)

Cast

Zuzana Mauréry, Vojtech Dyk, Petr Salavec

Director

Václav Kadrnka