The director, a young man in his thirties going through a life crisis, approaches his estranged parents to help him paint his apartment. Conversations accompanied by a paint roller and paint thinner open up old wrongs while revealing the complexity of interpersonal relationships. The absence of communication, or the lack of will to communicate, as a symptom of contemporary family ties, stands in contrast to caring for a family of pigeons that has made its nest on the director's balcony. The film, in its civility and authenticity, follows the lessons of a book dedicated to amateur filmmakers and thus enters into a subversive dialogue with the paradigms of film pedagogy.
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Petr Michal Director · Jakub Podmanický Editor
First release October 28, 2024 · Produced in Czechia · Original title Kamera tortura
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FAMU
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Czechia
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Original title
Kamera tortura
Original language
Czech
Spoken on screen
Czech
Release dates
Czechia · October 28, 2024
Premiere · Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival
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