The read
Critics rate it 27 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 18m.
Synopsis
A moving account, in his own words, of the personal life and work of the brilliant Czech filmmaker Miloš Forman (1932-2018): his tragic childhood, his major contribution to the cultural movement known as the Czech New Wave, his exile in Paris, his troubled days in New York, his rise to stardom in Hollywood; a complete existence in the service of cinema.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 27 points higher than audiences do.
15 audience votes
Key crew
- Helena TřeštíkováDirector
- Jakub HejnaDirector
- Helena TřeštíkováWriter
Cast
- Petr FormanMiloš Forman (voice)
- Miloš FormanSelf - Filmmaker (archive footage)
- Václav HavelSelf - Friend (archive footage)
- Věra KřesadlováSelf - 2nd Wife (archive footage)
- Amos VogelSelf - Filmmaker (archive footage)
- Gustáv HusákSelf - Politician (archive footage)
- Michael DouglasSelf - Forman's Producer (archive footage)
- Martina FormanováSelf - 3rd Wife (archive footage)
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Themes
new york citycinema on cinemaprague, czech republicbiographyanti-communismprague spring (1968)czech new waveportrait of an artistczech historyportrait of a filmmakerfilm censorship