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SO FAR, SO NEAR

TAK ĎALEKO, TAK BLÍZKO

By Jaro VOJTEK

SLOVAK FILM INSTITUTE / SLOVENSKÝ FILMOVÝ ÚSTAV - as PROMO

Family - Completed 2014

The film contemplates the coexistence of autistic children with their parents. It strives to find new ways of looking at this serious disorder of the human psyche. It debunks generally held stereotypes about this disorder and takes up parents‘ issues as well as love between people with autism.

- Year of production
- 2014
- Genres
- Family, Children's, Documentary
- Countries
- SLOVAKIA
- Languages
- SLOVAKIAN
- Duration
- 80 mn
- Director(s)
- Jaro VOJTEK
- Writer(s)
- Jaro VOJTEK, Marek LEŠČÁK
- Producer(s)
- Barbara HARUMOVÁ HESSOVÁ (AH production), Kateřina NAKLÁDALOVÁ (Andreas ), Miroslava TOMANÍKOVÁ (Slovak Television and Radio)
- Synopsis
- SO FAR, SO NEAR offers a look into the lives of people with autism while challenging generally held opinions in society about this developmental disorder. This is an unusual film about the environment in families with autistic children, which reveals the day-to- day challenge of life with them. It is not, however, built on dialogue and testimony, but on specific, naturally occurring situations in which it contemplates the issues of familial and romantic love for people with autism. The documentary was made over the course of seven years in cooperation with a nonprofit organization called the Andreas Autism Centre, which provides expert and comprehensive support to people with autism, as well as to their families.