FORMAN VS. FORMAN

By Helena TŘEŠTÍKOVÁ, Jakub HEJNA

NEGATIV FILM PRODUCTIONS - as SALES / PROD

Documentary - Completed 2019


Festivals
& Awards

Karlovy Vary IFF 2019
Special Events
Kiev Molodist 2019
Karlovy Vary 2019
Special Events
Shanghai 2019
Cannes 2019
Cannes Classics
Thessaloniki Documentary Festival (online) 2021
Official Selection
    • Year of production
    • 2019
    • Genres
    • Documentary, Biography, Art - Culture
    • Countries
    • CZECH REPUBLIC, FRANCE
    • Languages
    • CZECH, ENGLISH, FRENCH
    • Duration
    • 78 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Helena TŘEŠTÍKOVÁ, Jakub HEJNA
    • Synopsis
    • Forman vs. Forman is a highly resourceful portrait of the Oscar-winning Czech director. The movie is unique for its ingenious compilation of images drawing on previous footage and also unfamiliar shots of the filmmaker’s life discovered in the collections of friends and colleagues. Miloš Forman sanctioned the creators’ idea to make the film, supported by the ARTE network, but he himself never got to be part of the project. Nevertheless, he is present in the scenes taken from his movie sets and through his reflections: in recordings from the early 1980s with Věra Chytilová and Jaromil Jireš he discusses freedom, creative work and the restrictions on both. The celebrated filmmaker’s autobiographical reminiscences are narrated by his son Petr Forman.